Security guards of Turkey’s Erdoğan again beat protesters during NYC speech
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The private security detail of Turkey's autocratic President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on Thursday beat up protesters who have allegedly caused a disturbance during a...
Turkish gov’t detains dozens of people over alleged links to Gülen movement on Thursday
Turkish government's massive post-coup witch hunt targeting alleged members of the Gülen movement has continued with dozens of detentions on Thursday across Turkey.
Turkish police...
Turkish government arrests 14 lawyers on alleged terror charges
A total of 14 lawyers, who defending the jailed hunger striking educators Nuriye Gülmen and Semih Özakça, have been arrested on charges of alleged...
Jailed Turkish businessman İpek: ‘Accusing my mother of terrorism unacceptable’
Jailed Turkish businessman Cafer Tekin İpek, the brother of famous businessman Hamdi Akın İpek, who was the owner of multi-billion dollar Koza İpek Holding...
Another soldier acquitted of coup charges after 11 months pretrial detention in Turkey
Uğur Avcı, a former Gölbaşı district gendarmerie commander who was released from prison in June after 11 months in pretrial detention on charges of...
White House denies Trump apologized to Erdoğan for Turkish bodyguard brawl with protesters
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While House Principal Deputy Press Secretary Raj Shah has denied US President Donald Trump apologized to Turkey's autocratic President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan for his...
Turkey weaponised Interpol system to persecute critics, new study exposes
The Turkish government’s blatant abuse of the International Criminal Police Organization (Interpol) to persecute, harass and intimidate critics and opponents is much worse than...
Report: Suspicious abductions in Turkey raise fears of state role
A series of mysterious kidnappings in Turkey is bringing back the fear of forced disappearances by state agencies in the mid-1990s, Politico has reported.
According...
HRF advertises in NYC daily, launches #Erdoganout campaign during UNGA
The New York-based Human Rights Foundation (HRF) on Tuesday took out an advertisement in the Metro New York newspaper criticizing Turkey's autocratic President Recep...
Turkish courts order continuation of all jailed journalists’ imprisonments
İstanbul 13th High Criminal Court in the notorious Silivri Prison compound and the 26th Heavy Penal Court at İstanbul’s Çağlayan courthouse have ordered the...
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