MÜSİAD’s ads on Turkey’s controversial coup not allowed in US for being ‘too political’
The Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority has refused to allow ads prepared by the US branch of the Independent Industrialists’ and Businessmen’s Association (MÜSİAD)...
Sending money to imprisoned relatives is not terrorism financing: İHD
The Turkey-based Human Rights Association (İHD) on Thursday released a statement calling on the authorities to end their practice of targeting people on terrorism...
Turkish gov’t adamant on targeting Syria’s Afrin as US changes tune over SDF forces
While Turkey’s National Security Council (MGK), top civil and military entity, said on Wednesday that it will take “immediate” and “resolute” steps to protect...
Suspect soldier in coup trial says ordered to prepare for terror attack operation
Abdulkadir Kahraman, a military cadet who was arrested for involvement in a failed coup attempt last July in Turkey, said during his trial in...
Police fire tear gas at Kurdish deputies in Ankara
Turkish police on January 9 fired tear gas to break up a protest by a small group of pro-Kurdish Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) supporters...
Turkey’s OHAL Commission could not be remedy for victims of gov’t decrees under emergency...
Turkey’s State of Emergency (OHAL) Procedures Investigation Commission, which was allegedly established on January 2017 to correct the mistakes done during massive purges by government...
Erdogan ally cleric says Turkey must acquire WMDs to deter West
Hayrettin Karaman, a leading theologian that is known as chief fatwa (religious edict) issuer for Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdogan and the ruling Justice...
Turkish court acquits Erdoğanist gang leader who threatened Gülen-linked people with hanging
Sedat Peker, a convicted gang leader and staunch supporter of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, was acquitted by a Turkish court on Thursday in...
Turkish dean dismissed after allowing opposition candidate onto Cerrahpaşa campus
Alaattin Duran, the dean of İstanbul University's Cerrahpaşa Faculty of Medicine, was removed from his job several hours after Turkey's main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP)...
UN body asks Turkey to compensate businessman arrested, tortured in post-coup crackdown
The United Nations’ Working Group on Arbitrary Detention (WGAD), which works under UN Human Rights Council, has called on Turkish government to compensate a...
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