COMMENTARY — Turkish government claims one-third of its diplomats are terrorists
By Abdullah Bozkurt
The Turkish foreign ministry has branded one third of its diplomats as terrorists by merely an executive decision without any judicial process...
New revelation: Military, intel chiefs met for 6 hours the day before coup attempt
While many questions about what happened on the day and night of a July 15 coup attempt in Turkey persist, it was recently revealed...
Sock company with $50 million turnover transferred to TMSF due to Gülen links
One of the five largest sock companies in Turkey, Akın Çorap, which has an annual turnover of $50 million, has been transferred to Turkey’s...
Die Welt reporter Yücel arrested over stories on Erdoğan’s son-in-law
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Investigation launched into Hürriyet daily due to report on army-gov’t ties
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HDP deputy Ayhan released after a brief detention
As a government-led crackdown on Kurdish politicians continue, one more deputy from the pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) has been detained on terror charges....
855 detained, 48 arrested in anti-Gülen operations in one week
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SCF report on the Netherlands decodes Erdoğan’s long arm in Europe
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97 detained near Georgian border as thousands try to flee Turkey’s witch hunt
At least 97 people have been detained over the past 4 months while they were attempting to escape from Turkey’s post-coup witch hunt to...
Erdoğan’s stooge manipulates hadith for ‘yes’ vote in referendum
Şevki Yılmaz, President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s stooge, radical Islamist pro-Erdogan Akit daily columnist and Turkish Parliament’s former member, has manipulated a hadith of Prophet...
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