Turkey’s National Security Council says Iraqi Kurdish referendum illegitimate, unacceptable

Turkey’s National Security Council Meeting (MGK), which convened under Turkey's autocratic President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan ended late on Friday, has stressed that the Iraqi...

Erdoğan advisor says Turkey to face more chaos than in post-June 7 period if...

Chief advisor to Turkey's autocratic President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and columnist İlnur Çevik has warned that there will be more chaos and instability in...

Syrian activist, journalist daughter murdered in İstanbul

Syrian opposition activist Orouba Barakat and her 22-year-old journalist daughter, Halla Barakat, were found early Friday morning with their throats slashed in their İstanbul’...

Pro-Kurdish HDP’s Demirtaş and Yüksekdağ nominated by European Parliament for Sakharov Prize

The European Parliament (EP) has announced on Friday that the pro-Kurdish Peoples' Democracy Party (HDP) leaders Selahattin Demirtaş and Figen Yüksekdaş, who were jailed...

Turkish gov’t cancels licenses of 20,000 teachers due to alleged Gülen links

Turkey’s Education Ministry has canceled the teaching licenses of 19,962 teachers and closed down the private schools they used to work for due to...

Journalist Hasan Cemal gets 11-month suspended sentence on insult charges

Veteran Turkish journalist Hasan Cemal has been given a suspended prison sentence of 11 months, 20 days on charges of insulting Turkish President Recep...

Deputy head of Turkish Religious Affairs Directorate discharged from duty

The deputy head of Turkish Religious Affairs Directorate (Diyanet), which is led by controversial top imam Mehmet Görmez, was discharged from his duty on...

Amedspor player sentenced to 19 months in jail over social media posts

Diyarbakir-based Amedspor player Deniz Naki has been given suspended prison sentence of 18 months and 22 days due to his social media posts that...

COMMENTARY — Erdoğan gov’t turns to rape as a political weapon in Turkey

By Abdullah Bozkurt As part of an escalating crackdown on the right to dissent, on criticism and on opposition voices in Turkey in recent years,...

Turkish gov’t detains Austrian writer Zirngast on terror charges

The Turkish government detained Austrian writer Max Zirngast in Ankara on Tuesday for allegedly publishing terrorist propaganda, according to a Twitter post shared by...

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