Polling place at Diyanet mosque in Amsterdam accused of pressuring voters

The Amsterdam municipality visited a polling station at a Turkish mosque in the Dutch capital after the mosque was accused of pressuring voters with...

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...

High-profile Twitter accounts hacked by Erdoğanist hackers

Thousands of Twitter accounts, including high profile ones belonging to users such as Forbes, Amnesty International, the BBC’s North American service, and tennis star...

19 lawyers detained in Kahramanmaraş over alleged Gülen links

The Kahramanmaraş Chief Public Prosecutor’s Office on Tuesday issued detention warrants for  24 lawyers in the province due to their alleged links to the...

İHD deputy chairman detained on terror charges

Human Rights Association (İHD) Deputy President Raci Bilici has been detained on terror charges in the southeastern province of Diyarbakır. Bilici, who is also the...

Body of man wanted for alleged Gülen links found in Maritsa River

The dead body of Murat Zümre, a computer engineer at the 15th Missile Base Command in İstanbul who was dismissed from his post due...

Former deputy PM says Arınç, Gül silent on referendum for fear of AKP gov’t...

Ertuğrul Yalçınbayır, previously a ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) deputy and deputy prime minister, said on Tuesday that former Minister Bülent Arınç and...

Turkey’s PM Yıldırım says Dutch PM apologized for detention of diplomats

Turkish Prime Minister Binali Yıldırım in a live TV interview on Tuesday night said his Dutch counterpart, Mark Rutte, had apologized for the detention...

Turkish FM: We’ll take steps in refugee deal if visa liberalization not realized

Turkish Minister of Foreign Affairs Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu said on Tuesday that the government could take steps against a readmission agreement, or refugee deal, between...

Interior Minister Soylu targets pro-Kurdish HDP, signals new operations

Turkey’s Interior Minister Süleyman Soylu has targeted members of the pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) and signaled new operations against the outlawed Kurdistan Workers’...

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