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[OPINION] Erdogan against Kartlis Deda

By Mehmet Yılmaz With its favorable geographical location, Georgia has so far been in the spotlight of both great powers and regional actors. Since its...

Fethullah Gülen writes for Politico Europe: Muslims have a unique responsibility in fighting terror

By Fethullah Gülen SAYLORSBURG, Pa. — The brutal, deadly attacks in London and Manchester on innocent civilians are the latest in a series of senseless...

[OPINION] Getting out of the diaspora

Former editor-in-chief of the now-closed Zaman daily, Ekrem Dumanlı, warns people who have fled government oppression in Turkey and sought shelter in other countries...

Murdered Terzi invited to Ankara by Gen. Aksakallı, says suspected putschist

Amid debates over new revelations about what happened during a July 15 coup attempt, 1st Lt. Enes Yılmaz, a suspect in the failed coup,...

Post-coup purge victim says he may never be a father due to torture in prison

A man jailed over alleged links to a failed coup in Turkey last July said during a recent hearing in Kırıkkale that he may...

AKP deputy chairman says 820 party members investigated over links to Gülen movement

Ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) Deputy Chairman Erol Kaya said on Tuesday that investigations have been launched into 820 party members over links...

[OPINION] Did Erdoğan dispatch warships to Myanmar?

Abdullah Bozkurt Turkey’s Islamist rulers have not only spread fabricated news and planted false stories in the Turkish media, which is now pretty much controlled...

[OPINION] Turkey attempted to thwart CoE media alert platform

By Abdullah Bozkurt Feeling both shamed and troubled by the number of alerts posted on the Council of Europe (CoE) Platform for the Safety of...

[OPINION] Turkey uses consular services as a weapon of persecution

Abdullah Bozkurt The pattern of increasing cases of arbitrary refusal of consular services to critics and dissidents abroad by Turkey’s embassies and consulates is yet...

[OPINION] Why Turkey is picking a fight with Greece

Abdullah Bozkurt The neo-nationalist partners of Turkey’s Islamist President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan who played a key role in orchestrating the abortive coup of July 15...

[OPINION] Saga of Dutch journalist tells the tale of Turkey

By Abdullah Bozkurt There is no shortage of examples about how the Turkish government scapegoats innocent people for the problems it has created in an...

[OPINION] Erdoğan’s hatred of Yazidis takes a toll in Turkey

By Abdullah Bozkurt The deep hostility harbored by Turkey’s Islamist rulers against non-Muslims has reached a point of blind hatred that often rears its ugly...

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