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[Opinion] Erdoğan’s dance with the Grey Wolves: the rise of Turkish mafia politics

Türkmen Terzi As the world watches with alarm at the escalation of the Israel-Palestine conflict, which is claiming hundreds of lives, the focus in Turkey...

Wife of purge victim dies, leaving 2 children to the care of relatives

Another family has fallen victim to Turkey’s post-coup purge as the wife of Yusuf Coşkun, a former teacher who was arrested on terrorism charges,...

404 civilians killed by Turkish police since 2007: report

A total of 404 civilians have been shot dead by the police since a law was amended giving police officers more power in 2007,...

Kurdish father and son from Iraq beaten in southern Turkey in apparent hate crime

A Kurdish family from northern Iraq’s Erbil province was attacked on Thursday in an apparent hate crime while they were visiting Turkey’s southern Mersin...

Former teacher fired and jailed on Gülen links succumbs to cancer

Emin Köseler, a religious studies teacher who was dismissed from his job on alleged links to the Gülen movement and later jailed on the...

Another inmate dies of COVID-19 as cases continue to surge in Turkey’s overcrowded prisons

Şeref Vatansever, 47, a former computer science teacher dismissed from his job during a post-coup purge in Turkey, died of COVID-19 yesterday after contracting...

Half a million might lose jobs if Turkey stops coronavirus wage support: restaurant association

Between 300,000-500,000 people could lose their jobs if the Turkish government stops extending short labor pay — a wage support system that partially covers...

Turkey spent $65 mn to convince US Jews of ‘pro-Israel’ policies: opposition MP

Turkey paid $65 million to lobbyists in 2008 to convince the US Jewish community of Ankara's "pro-Israel policies," a lawmaker from the opposition Republican...

Turkish Embassy in Tirana spied on Erdoğan critics, describing them as ‘malignant cells’

The Turkish Embassy in Albania engaged in a campaign of intelligence gathering and profiling of critics of President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, documents obtained by...

Erdoğan’s ban on alcohol sales: a new step in the polarization of Turkish society

Alin Ozinian Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan last month announced a nationwide lockdown from April 29 to May 17 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The...

Erdoğan’s AKP continues to bleed voters, new poll suggests

The Justice and Development Party (AKP), which has been ruling Turkey as a single-party government since 2002, would have had a nationwide vote of...

Erdoğan calls French separatism bill ‘guillotine’ of democracy

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on Wednesday denounced a planned French law designed to counter "Islamist separatism" as a "guillotine" of democracy, Agence France-Presse...

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