Every night when we go to bed, we think of the possibility of arrest...
“Every night when we go to bed, we think of the possibility that we might be taken in the morning. We all carry the...
Turkish gov’t issues detention warrants for 112, detains 45 people over JWF links
Turkish government, under the rule of autocratic President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, has issued detention warrants for 112 people over the links to the Journalists...
İstanbul Municipality transfers property worth TL 371 million to pro-gov’t foundation
The İstanbul Metropolitan Municipality has transferred public land worth TL 371 million and nine buildings to the pro-government Ensar Foundation, which came to public...
Turkish gov’t issues detention warrants for 37 people over alleged links to Gülen movement
The Ankara Chief Public Prosecutor’s Office on Tuesday issued detention warrants for 14 former gendarmerie officers who had been purged from their jobs and...
Rutte’s spokesperson refutes PM Yıldırım, says ‘no apologies were made’
A spokesperson for the Netherlands' Prime Minister Mark Rutte has refuted the Turkish Prime Minister Binali Yıldırım who said in a live TV interview on...
Europan Parliament Turkey rapporteur warns political prisoners remain at risk in Turkish jails
European Parliament Rapporteur on Turkey Nacho Sánchez Amor called on Turkey to stop discriminating against political prisoners amid an increasing number of coronavirus cases...
S&D president Pittella to attend HDP Co-chair Demirtaş’s trial in Turkey
Gianni Pittella, President of the Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats (S&D) in the European Parliament, is going to start a two-day visit to...
COMMENTARY — Erdoğan’s Pelican conspiracy in Turkey’s propaganda war
By Abdullah Bozkurt
Perhaps the most conniving and cunning arm of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s mammoth propaganda machine is a little-known clandestine group called...
Report: Flynn, Turkish ministers discussed illegal return of Gülen to Turkey
While serving as an advisor to the Trump presidential campaign, retired Lt. Gen. Mike Flynn, also the ousted National Security Advisor of the new...
At least 15 dead as migrant boat sinks in Aegean Sea off Greek island
Fifteen people, including at least five children, drowned on Saturday when the small boat in which they were traveling capsized in the Aegean Sea,...
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