Turkish gov’t launches legal action against 154 social media users in a week
The Turkish Interior Ministry has stated that 337 social media accounts have been investigated on charges of “inciting people to enmity and hostility” and...
Turkish court gives life sentences to 38 military personnel over their alleged role in...
The Turkish government detained dozens of people on Monday over suspected links to the Gülen movement as part of a massive post-coup witch hunt,...
Pro-gov’t daily: Turkey, Russia could conduct joint operation to abduct Fethullah Gülen
Turkey and Russia could carry out a joint operation to abduct US-based Turkish-Islamic scholar Fethullah Gülen to Turkey due to Gülen’s alleged role in...
Afghans collect 1 million signatures to prevent seizure of Turkish schools by Erdoğan regime
Afghans have collected 1 million signatures to prevent the transfer of Turkish schools founded by businessmen and operated by educators allegedly affiliated with the...
Erdoğan’s son-in-law: Turkey is officially at war
Berat Albayrak, Turkey's energy minister and son-in-law of President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, on Sunday said Turkey is not de facto but officially at war...
3 detained Turkish educators and their families handed over to Turkey by Gabon
Three Turkish educators and their families who were arbitrarily detained in Libreville, the capital city of Gabon, were handed over to Turkish officials and taken...
Turkey overwhelmingly leads world in Twitter censorship
The Turkish government is continuing its efforts to censor Twitter, according to the site’s new transparency report, which shows that 466 of 513 total...
Turkish gov’t detains 556 people over alleged links to Gülen movement in first week...
The Turkish government has detained 556 people in the course of 52 police operations in 33 provinces across Turkey as part of its massive...
Turkish neighborhood heads given firearms training by police at shooting range
A group of neighborhood heads (mukhtars) have been given firearms training with Kalashnikovs and handguns at a shooting range in the northwestern province of...
Body of Turkish woman fleeing to Greece found weeks after boat capsized
Turkish authorities have found the body of Aslı Doğan, a Turkish woman who went missing after a refugee boat carrying eight people capsized in...
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