A campaign of awareness organised worldwide for #668Babies in Turkish prisons
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JB4RoIhFId0
A worldwide awareness campaign was conducted on Saturday in major cities across the world including London, Berlin and Stockholm for 668 babies who were...
Turkish gov’t detains at least 43 people over alleged links to Gülen movement
Turkish government has detained at least 43 people as part of its massive post-coup witch hunt campaign targeting alleged members of the Gülen movement...
Pro-Erdoğan Turkish mafia leader defends threat against Academics for Peace
Pro-government ultranationalist Turkish mafia leader Sedat Peker, who had threatened signatories of the Academics for Peace (BAK) declaration of Jan. 11 2016, has defended...
52-year-old sick prisoner dies because of his late release in Turkey
Ahmet Bayar, 52-year-old lung cancer patient, has lost his life in Diyarbakır reportedly because he was released from prison too late despite of his severe...
Systematic torture reported in police headquarter in Bartın province of Turkey
Turkish media outlets have reported new incidents of the systematic torture in the Police Department in Bartın province of Turkey which had come to...
Turkish government to collect 518 textbooks over Gülen paranoia
Turkish Education Ministry has decided to collect and revise 518 different textbooks over the paranoia on the Gülen movement with the claim to clear...
Turkey’s Erdoğan threatens US over Zarrab, saying will set the world on fire
Turkey's autocratic President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on Tuesday strongly criticized the US administration for allegedly trying to force jailed Turkish-Iranian businessman Reza Zarrab to...
Turkish prosecutors launch Gülen probe over Galatasaray fans’ Rocky poster
Turkish prosecutors have launched an investigation on Tuesday after fans of Galatasaray football team unfurled a giant poster ahead of a derby on Sunday...
Art show attacked by Turkists/Islamists in İstanbul, film protested in Antalya
A group of Turkists/Islamists who have been political ally of Turkey's autocratic President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan attacked an art exhibition at İstanbul’s Abdülmecid Efendi...
Erdoğan cleric says Muslims will have one state when conditions are right
Hayrettin Karaman, a leading theologian and issuer of fatwas, or religious edicts, for ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) circles and Turkish autocratic President...
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