Pro-Erdoğan journalist suggests killing family members of jailed Gülen followers in Turkey
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Journalist Cem Küçük, a staunch supporter of Turkish autocratic President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, suggested during a live TV program on Monday that Turkish intelligence...
‘Turkey’s clandestine deep state gang takes revenge from prominent journalist and novelist Ahmet Altan’
Yalçın Ergündoğan, a columnist for online news portal in Turkish, Artı Gerçek, wrote that Turkey's clandestine deep state gang, Ergenekon, takes revenge from Ahmet...
Turkey’s Erdoğan was ‘No. 1’ in corruption probe, witness says in Zarrab case in...
Turkish autocratic President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan had been known to İstanbul police as “No. 1” in a 2013 corruption investigation, a witness testified Monday...
Osman Yakut, a newly married Turkish journalist, behind bars for 17 months
Osman Yakut, a Turkish journalist, who used to work at the now-defunct Zaman newspaper’s Antalya office, has been under arrest pending trial for 17...
Jailed media designer Yazıcı detained for slandering al-Qaeda-affiliated group
Fevzi Yazıcı, a leading media designer in Turkey, was detained on Dec. 8, 2017 over allegedly plotting against an al-Qaeda linked Turkish group called...
Turkish jihadists form Iran’s Basij-like armed militia to fight against Erdoğan’s opponents
A group of Turkish radical Islamist jihadists have formed Iran's Basij-like militia organisation to fight against the opponents of Turkey's autocratic President Recep Tayyip...
Turkey’s Erdoğan issues a veiled threat of killing each and every Jew amid Jerusalem...
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Turkey's autocratic President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has issued a veiled threat on Monday of killing each and every Jew with a shocking reference to apocalyptic...
Senegalese students worried over transfer of Gülen-affiliated schools to Turkey’s Islamist Maarif Foundation
Parents of Senegalese children attending schools run by followers of the Gülen (Hizmet) movement, which was inspired by moderate views of US-based Turkish Muslim...
Turkish Gov’t detained 699 people over alleged links to Gülen movement in a week
At least 699 people were detained as part of Turkish government’s massive post-coup witch hunt campaign targeting alleged members of the Gülen movement over...
Turkish prosecutor demands aggravated life sentences for journalist Ilıcak and Altan brothers
Turkish prosecutor has demanded aggravated life imprisonment on Monday for prominent author and journalists Ahmet Altan, his academic brother Mehmet Altan and Nazlı Ilıcak...
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