Turkey’s Erdoğan calls on people to show no mercy to Gülen movement
Amid an ongoing witch-hunt targeting the faith-based Gülen movement, Turkey's autocratic President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on Saturday called on people to not show mercy...
Erdoğan’s long arm reaches to Norway, targeting critics of Turkish government
Turkey has escalated its witch hunt persecution on critics to Norway using government institutions, quasi-official parallel structures and affiliated NGOs, a report released by Stockholm...
Report on violation of women prisoners’ rights: Turkish jails turned into ‘prisoners camp’
A report, released by the Free Women’s Movement (TJA), has stated that the society has been put under suppression through the state of emergency (OHAL)...
An Erdoğanist thug sentenced for threatening a sympathizer of Gülen movement in the Netherlands
Oğuzhan Erkuş, a 19-year-old supporter of the Justice and Development Party (AKP), who threatened to kill Mehmet Demirözcan (32), a sympathizer of the Gülen...
Abducted teacher’s wife to Afghan gov’t: Where are you? Are you asleep?
Farzana Wardak, the wife of Masood Wardak who is the only Afghan teacher among five people who were abducted by Afghan intelligence service National Directorate...
Turkish police officer Korkmaz denies any affiliation with Gülen movement during Iran-sanctions trial
During his cross-examination on Wednesday, Hüseyin Korkmaz, the former deputy head of the İstanbul Police Financial Crime Department, who has been testifying in a...
Erdoğan’s propaganda machine Anadolu news agency targets Turkish journalist covering Atilla case
The state-run Anadolu news agency, run by a former advisor of Turkish autocratic President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan as propaganda machine of his despotic regime,...
PACE report: Situation of lawyers in Turkey causes grave concerns
"The situation of lawyers in Turkey following the failed coup d’état of July 2016 and that of lawyers representing Kurdish clients, or otherwise associated...
Erdoğan’s henchman Külünk allegedly gives order to Erdoğanist thugs to punish Germany’s Böhmermann
German media reported on Wednesday that Metin Külünk, a henchman of Turkish autocratic President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and the ruling Justice and Development Party...
Turkey’s Erdoğan allegedly blackmailed Afghan gov’t for detention of Turkish teachers
The reactions against the abduction of three Turkish teachers, one Afghan teacher and one Turkish businessman who work at the Turkish Schools belonging to...
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