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...

Rights groups: 285 Turkish nationals face risk of deportation from Pakistan

The International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) and its member organization the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) said on Thursday that 285 Turkish...

Security guards of Turkey’s Erdoğan again beat protesters during NYC speech

https://youtu.be/_HrEtXVAaBQ 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...

Belgian court sentences Turkish man to prison over online threats targeting Gülen followers

A local court in Belgium’s Limburg province has handed down a six-month jail sentence and a 600 euro fine to a 37-year-old Turkish man...

Turkish businessman abducted in Baku on Thursday put in prison in İstanbul on Friday

Turkish businessman Mustafa Ceyhan, who was abducted by unknown people in Baku, the capital city of Azerbaijan, on Thursday over his alleged affiliation with...

Turkish teacher under UN protection detained in Azerbaijan for deportation to Turkey, wife says

https://youtu.be/jDu5rWqE0IA Taci Şentürk, a Turkish teacher who was working in the Azerbaijani capital of Baku, was taken by police to an unknown place after UN...

COMMENTARY — Erdoğan promotes violence and radicalism in the Turkish diaspora

By Abdullah Bozkurt The violent aspect of the worrisome radicalization of the Turkish diaspora with a heavy dose of nationalist and Islamist ideology has been...

6 Turkish police officers indicted for torturing detainees

İstanbul prosecutors have indicted six police officers on charges of torturing three people in their custody in 2022, the T24 news website reported. The detainees...

Bizarre trial of veteran Turkish journalist Mehmet Özdemir who faces life time in jail

Award winning journalist who have worked his way up from being an intern reporter to a senior editor in Turkey’s one-time largest national daily...

İstanbul phase of Turkey’s main coup trial adjourned until August

The trial of 24 people who are accused of leading a failed coup attempt in Turkey on July 15, 2016 that is being held...
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