Majority of Turks oppose constitutional amendment enabling Erdoğan’s re-election

A majority of Turks, 66.3 percent, are against a constitutional amendment that would allow President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan to run again in the election...

Villager allegedly thrown from helicopter indicted for membership in terrorist organization

Osman Şiban, a Kurdish villager allegedly thrown from a military helicopter in the southeastern province of Van, has been indicted for membership in the...

COMMENTARY — Turkey’s Maarif exports Erdoğan’s ideology to Balkans

By Abdullah Bozkurt The Maarif Foundation, the long arm of the autocratic regime of President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, has positioned itself to raise a new...

Turkish government’s educational reforms disrupt student’s schooling

The Justice and Development Party (AKP)'s education reforms have significantly disrupted students' schooling, leading to widespread uncertainty and interruptions in education, the Birgün daily reported.  Journalists...

[Interview] Economic downturns have a great impact on the rise of hate speech, INACH...

Chairman of the International Network Against Cyber Hate (INACH) Philippe Schmidt said in an interview with the Stockholm Center for Freedom that in countries...

Turkish rector who said obedience to Erdoğan an ‘Islamic obligation’ resigns

Ramazan Taşaltın, a university rector in the southeastern Turkish province of Şanlıurfa, has resigned following reactions to remarks he made suggesting that "obeying Turkish...

Former intel chief detained on Erdoğan insult charges due to criticism of Gaza policy

Turkish police on Thursday detained Sabri Uzun, the former head of the National Security Directorate’s intelligence department in Ankara, on accusations of insulting President...

Turkey to deport 2 Syrian refugees for threatening, denigrating Turkish women

Two Syrian refugees in Turkey have been detained and will be deported after footage showing them using profanities and threatening Turkish women with rape...

HDP reports over 7,000 academics dismissed from Turkish universities since July 2016

More than 7,000 academics and staff have been sacked from Turkish universities since a controversial coup attempt on July 15, 2016, and 70,000 students...
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Turkish authorities detain 85 people over alleged Gülen links in a week of operations

Turkish authorities have over the past week detained 85 individuals due to alleged links to the faith-based Gülen movement, Turkish media reported. Police detained 22...

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