Attacks on 4 Alevi institutions in Turkish capital ‘organized and planned,’ lawyer says
Attacks targeting four Alevi houses of worship (cemevis) and associations in the Turkish capital of Ankara on Saturday were “organized and planned beforehand,” Turkish...
100 French MPs slam Erdoğan’s ‘policy of war’ against Syrian Kurds
A hundred French parliamentarians, mainly from the political left, on Saturday denounced Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s “policy of war” against Kurds in northern...
Erdoğan’s long arm: 3 Austrian-Turks detained on suspicion of espionage
The Austrian interior ministry has confirmed that three Austrian Turks were detained in June on suspicion of spying on dissidents for Turkey’s National Intelligence...
35 face detention over alleged Gülen links in ‘payphone investigation’
Turkish prosecutors have issued detention warrants for 35 people including active duty and former military officers as well as former military cadets due to...
Top court sees no rights violation in punishment of teachers for mother tongue protest
Turkey’s Constitutional Court has found no rights violation in a disciplinary punishment given to 22 teachers who staged a protest about the importance of...
Turkey summons Swedish diplomat over ‘terrorism propaganda’
Sweden’s charge d’affaires in Turkey was summoned at the weekend to explain the use of what Ankara alleges is “terrorist propaganda” in support of...
Iraq submits complaint to UN against Turkey after attack on civilians
Iraq has filed a complaint to the UN Security Council, requesting an urgent session to discuss a deadly artillery attack this week that Baghdad...
Somali restaurant owner in Ankara faces deportation after racist attacks
The owner of a Somali restaurant in the Turkish capital city of Ankara faces deportation from Turkey after his restaurant was the target of...
Jailed post-coup victim judge dies after ICU hospitalization
A former member of Turkey’s Supreme Court of Appeals who was disbarred in the aftermath of a failed coup and subsequently jailed due to...
Document proves opposition claims of gov’t agency retrieving personal data of Internet users
A document revealed on the Medyascope news website has proven opposition claims that Turkey’s Telecommunications Authority (BTK), operating under the Ministry of Transport and...
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