Erdoğan says European Union gives 12-month calendar to Turkey
Turkey's autocratic President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said the European Union (EU) has drawn up a 12-month calendar to push Turkey’s EU membership process ahead,...
Turkish police assault, detain purge victim protesting post-coup dismissals
A newly emerged video footage shows the moment Turkish police used excessive force against leftist activist Veli Saçılık, a public servant who was fired...
Germany searches for Turkey’s most wanted alleged coup suspect Adil Öksüz
Germany has reportedly launched an investigation against Adil Öksüz, one of the alleged masterminds behind the controversial coup attempt on July 15, 2016 amid...
Insurer refuses to pay for damage to car because claimant was purged from state...
A Turkish insurance company has rejected a claim for damages sustained in an accident by one of its insureds on the grounds that the...
Amid grief over jailed father, 12-year-old Turkish boy not responding to cancer treatment
Muhammed Eray Özkul, the 12-year-old son of the Zonguldak-based former police officer Ender Özkul who was jailed in the aftermath of the controversial coup...
Pro-Kurdish HDP: Turkish government jails 4,500 party members in 2 years
Turkish government has detained about 11,000 pro-Kurdish Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) members in the last two years and put 4,500 of them in prison,...
Police officer with classic cellphone jailed over alleged use of smart phone app
Yeni Asya columnist Kazım Güleçyüz released a letter from the child of a former police officer who was arrested over his alleged use of...
Victims of Madımak Massacre commomerated on 24th anniversary in Turkey’s Sivas province
The Sivas Massacre, an arson attack staged by radical Islamists on mostly Alevi intellectuals inside the Madımak Hotel that killed 33 intellectuals and two hotel personnel,...
German daily reporter under detention over stories on Erdoğan’s son-in-law
The Turkey representative of the German Die Welt daily, Deniz Yücel, has reportedly been under detention since Tuesday as part of an investigation for...
Turkish gov’t reportedly launches food embargo on Kurdish villages
The Turkish government has started to reimplement a food embargo that was in force during the 1990s on Kurdish villages in the eastern and...
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