Russia’s Sputnik news agency closes Kurdish edition at Turkish gov’t’s request
Russia’s state-run Sputnik news agency has closed down its Kurdish-language website at the request of the Turkish government, according to a report by online...
60-year-old Turkish villager detained after questioning gov’t coup narrative
Murat Gülen, a 60-year-old villager and a relative of US-based Turkish-Muslim scholar Fethullah Gülen was detained after he was revealed questioning the government’s narrative...
Engineer who drowned while fleeing Turkey was tortured in custody
Computer engineer Murat Zümre, who drowned in the Maritsa River while trying to flee to Greece, was tortured while he was in detention, a...
Official confesses Turkey’s development agency spying on Gülen followers in Latin America
Turkish Cooperation and Coordination Agency (TİKA) has been spying on Gülen followers in the Latin American countries, the agency’s local coordinator told media in...
Turkish gov’t detains 76 supporters of anti-government Islamist foundation
Turkish police detained 79 followers of jailed anti-government Islamist leader Alpaslan Kuytul as they got off a ferry in İstanbul, according to a report...
About 100 Turkish-Dutch citizens barred from leaving Turkey
About 100 Dutch citizens have reportedly been blocked from leaving Turkey after criticizing the country’s autocratic President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan. Those affected are of Turkish descent...
Turkey declines from deficient democracy to moderate autocracy: Democracy Matrix
The Democracy Matrix (DeMaX) of Germany’s University of Würzburg has classified Turkey as a moderate autocracy, finding that Turkey has declined from a “deficient...
Turkish deputy PM threatens main opposition leader: He will be harmed if he doesn’t...
Turkish Deputy Prime Minister Recep Akdağ on Sunday warned main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) Chairman Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu that he could be harmed if...
Turkey at EU’s ‘grey list’ over its deficiencies on tax evasion, tax avoidance measures
Turkey is at the "grey list" of 44 countries that European Union (EU) has defined as they will have to take measures against tax evasion...
Turkish security forces strip naked 7 people during detention in anti-PKK operation
Seven people were stripped naked with their hands tied on their back before they were detained as part of an investigation into the outlawed...
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