Number of detentions in case of Turkish televangelist rises to 179
The number of detentions in connection to Adnan Oktar, a notorious religious cult leader and controversial televangelist, rose to 179 on Thursday as police searched...
Turkish government builds prison in Jarablus in northern Syria
Turkish government has reportedly started to build a prison in Rai in Northern Syria’s Jarablus district where the Turkish military took control with the...
Medical school in Turkey refuses to publish scientific study due to references to evolution...
An academic article of a medical doctor from Turkey’s Marmara University Medical School has been denied by the faculty management who said it would...
US prosecutors drop charges against Erdoğan’s guards who attacked protestors in US
US federal prosecutors have decided to dismiss charges against 11 of 15 members of autocratic Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s security team after they...
COMMENTARY — Turkish Spy Imams 2.0 coming up
By Abdullah Bozkurt
European governments’ increased scrutiny of Turkish imams who were dispatched by Ankara to serve diaspora groups amid embarrassing revelations of pervasive and...
Greece says Courts independent as Turkey angered by refusal to extradite soldiers
After Turkey expressed anger over a verdict from the Greek Supreme Court on Thursday denying the extradition of eight servicemen who were allegedly involved...
Turkey’s Erdoğan threatens opposition leader Kılıçdaroğlu with ‘documents’ about himself
Turkey's autocratic President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on Sunday continued targeting main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) leader Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu, hinting that he should be...
Tillerson meets wife of US pastor jailed over alleged Gülen links
US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson met with the wife of a jailed American pastor, Andrew Brunson in Ankara late on March 30, a...
Turkey’s main opposition is discriminating, too, petition to high court reveals
Turkey’s main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) on June 11 appealed to the country’s Constitutional Court, challenging the constitutionality in substance of a discriminatory...
COMMENTARY — Erdoğan saves jihadist network: The Vasat terror group in Turkey
By Abdullah Bozkurt
One of the most devastating impacts the Islamist government of President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has inflicted on the national security of Turkey...
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