COMMENTARY — Erdoğan saves jihadist network: The Vasat terror group in Turkey
By Abdullah Bozkurt
One of the most devastating impacts the Islamist government of President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has inflicted on the national security of Turkey...
Report: Pro-Assad forces enter Syria’s Afrin, Turkish military responds
Turkey is bombarding forces loyal to Syrian President Bashar al-Assad after they entered the enclave of Afrin on Tuesday, CNN Turk television reported citing Syrian state...
Turkish journalist Naciye Nur Ener Kılıç released from jail, put into house arrest
The İstanbul 26th High Criminal Court on Tuesday ruled to release jailed Yeni Asya daily editor Naciye Nur Ener Kılınç, who was imprisoned on March...
Turkish gov’t issues detention warrants for at least 399 people over alleged links to...
Turkish government has issued detention warrants for at least 399 people, including military officers on duty, on Tuesday as part of its massive post-coup...
Two volunteers of Gülen movement reportedly abducted after released by Azerbaijani court
Two Turkish citizens, who were detained in Azerbaijan over their alleged links to the Gülen movement, were abducted by unidentified persons following the release...
Turkish gov’t jails teacher couple as their newborn twins under grandmother’s care
Turkish government has put an İzmir couple, both teachers, behind bars over their pretrial detention for their alleged links to the Gülen movement as...
Jailed Turkish teacher Çabuk freed on bail by Georgian court
Turkish teacher Mustafa Emre Çabuk has been freed on bail by a Georgian court, according to a Monday tweet by Rebecca Harms, member of...
Turkish gov’t detained 786 people for opposing Afrin operation so far
Turkish government has detained at least 786 people over their critical stance against Turkish military operation in Afrin region of northern Syria so far,...
Turkish gov’t detained 567 people over alleged links to Gülen movement in a week
Turkish government has detained at least 567 people as part of its massive post-coup witch hunt campaign targeting the alleged members of the Gülen...
COMMENTARY — Turkey raising a new army against NATO
By Abdullah Bozkurt
Against the backdrop of a dangerously expansionist and aggressive mood in Turkey with nationalist euphoria and religious zealotry reaching a new peak,...
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