Turkey
Prosecutor demands life for alleged tipster in MİT trucks case
Turkey
March 24, 2019
Prosecutor demands life for alleged tipster in MİT trucks case
A Turkish prosecutor has demanded a life sentence for a teacher accused of notifying the gendarmerie in 2014 when National…
Expert report contradicts gov’t claims of bombing during 2016 coup attempt
Turkey
March 24, 2019
Expert report contradicts gov’t claims of bombing during 2016 coup attempt
An expert report submitted to a court hearing a trial concerning a 2016 failed coup attempt in Turkey asserted that…
Inmate commits suicide to protest public silence on hunger strikes in Turkey
Turkey
March 24, 2019
Inmate commits suicide to protest public silence on hunger strikes in Turkey
Ayten Beçet, a 28-year-old inmate in Gebze Prison, committed suicide to protest the public silence on hunger strikes in several…
Taxi driver beaten by colleagues for calling Senegalese passenger a ‘terrorist’
Turkey
March 23, 2019
Taxi driver beaten by colleagues for calling Senegalese passenger a ‘terrorist’
An İstanbul taxi driver was beaten up by his colleagues and expelled from a taxi drivers’ cooperative after the emergence…
Jailed journalist Baransu insists Sledgehammer was authentic coup plot
Turkey
March 23, 2019
Jailed journalist Baransu insists Sledgehammer was authentic coup plot
Jailed journalist Mehmet Baransu has insisted that an alleged military coup plot, named Sledgehammer, which was exposed by him while…
Erdoğan calls some EU politicians ‘enemies of Islam’
World
March 23, 2019
Erdoğan calls some EU politicians ‘enemies of Islam’
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has accused EU politicians Kati Piri, Federica Mogherini and Johannes Hahn of being enemies of…
Fearing backlash over economy, Turkish minister says not the time to teach a lesson
Turkey
March 23, 2019
Fearing backlash over economy, Turkish minister says not the time to teach a lesson
Worrying about a public backlash to a deteriorating economy, Turkey’s Interior Minister Süleyman Soylu said the upcoming local elections should…
Germany warns refugees against Turkish spies among them
World
March 23, 2019
Germany warns refugees against Turkish spies among them
Germany’s Federal Intelligence Service (BND) in a booklet prepared for asylum seekers and refugees warned against spies for the Turkish…
Erdoğan calls fight against Islamophobia ‘like anti-Semitism after Holocaust’
World
March 23, 2019
Erdoğan calls fight against Islamophobia ‘like anti-Semitism after Holocaust’
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on Friday called on the world to fight back against Islamophobia in the same way…
Concerns rise as Alevi, Kurdish houses defaced in İzmir neighborhood
Turkey
March 23, 2019
Concerns rise as Alevi, Kurdish houses defaced in İzmir neighborhood
Concerns have been raised in the western Turkish province of İzmir after the doors and walls of several houses belonging…