CHP deputy files complaint against AKP member who claimed new Turkish state founded
A Republican People’s Party (CHP) deputy has filed a legal complaint against a member of the Central Decision and Administration Board (MKYK) of the...
Turkish gov’t dismisses main opposition CHP’s Beşiktaş mayor from post over Gülen links
Turkish government has dismissed İstanbul’s Beşiktaş district mayor Murat Hazinedar, who is a member of Turkey's main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) and two...
Erdoğan’s hostile rhetoric boosts anti-west, anti-American sentiments in Turkey
The anti-West and xenophobic rhetoric of Turkish autocratic President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, his government and the media has boosted anti-west, anti-American sentiments in a...
Rights violations of Gülen movement members constitute crimes against humanity: report
A report by the Institute for Diplomacy and Economy (INSTITUDE) has revealed that the scale, scope, gravity, intensity and prevalence of human rights violations...
Turkish gov’t issues detention warrants for 23 Hacettepe University academics, staff members
Detention warrants have been issued for 23 academics and other staff members of Hacettepe University in Ankara as part of an investigation into the...
Serial Killer Says He Carried Out People’s Will By ‘Executing’ Gülen Follower
Atalay Filiz, on trial for a series of murders in Turkey, said in his defense that one of his victims was a Gülen movement...
COMMENTARY — Jihadists who decapitated priests in Syria got help from Turkey’s intelligence
By Abdullah Bozkurt
Turkey’s National Intelligence Organization (MİT) had willingly and deliberately helped known Jihadists of Russian nationals who decapitated Aleppo’s Greek Orthodox Bishop Boulos...
Turkish court releases police officer who killed 6 and 7 year-old Yıldırım brothers in...
A Turkish court has released a police officer who drove an armored vehicle as patrolling in Karşıyaka neighborhood in southeastern province Şırnak’s Silopi district...
Doğan news agency fires reporter who defended Hakan Şükür against gov’t crackdown
Pro-government Doğan news agency has dismissed its reporter Kadir Çetinçalı since he defended Hakan Şükür during a general assembly meeting to expel former football star...
Turkish gov’t issues detention warrants for 333 military officers over alleged links to Gülen...
Turkish government has issued detention warrants for 360 people and decided to confiscate their assets over their alleged links to the Gülen movement on...
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Throughout the year human rights organizations...
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