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Hate speech against Gülen movement escalates as pro-Erdoğan propagandist calls for extermination

Journalist Fatih Tezcan, a pro-Erdoğan propagandist, on Tuesday said on a live YouTube broadcast that followers of the Gülen movement should be massacred right away and...

Turkey’s post-coup prison construction boom cost at least $1.3 billion: report

Turkey’s ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) has spent between TL 11.2 billion and TL 13 billion ($1.3 billion to $1.5 billion) for the...

‘Escape from Turkey’ recounts stories of post-coup crackdown victims fleeing Turkey

A recently published book titled “Escape from Turkey” tells the first-hand story of two people who were forced to flee the country to avoid...

ByLock was used as pretext to arrest critics of Erdoğan gov’t, ex-MP claims

A former Turkish lawmaker has claimed that President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s Justice and Development Party (AKP) government arrested its critics under the pretext of...

Reshaped Turkey marks five years since failed coup

A radically reshaped Turkey on Thursday marks five years since a failed coup against President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan unleashed a sweeping political crackdown and...

Crackdown on Gülen movement will continue until last member is ‘neutralized,’ Erdoğan vows

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has promised that his ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP)’s crackdown on the Gülen movement, inspired by Islamic preacher...

Mob boss exposes gov’t figures involved in extortion of businessmen over Gülen links

Sedat Peker, a well-known Turkish mob boss, has exposed individuals affiliated with Turkey’s ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) who are allegedly part of...

Dismissed officer severely injured in workplace accident

Recep Karaşal, a former first lieutenant who was dismissed from the gendarmerie in 2018 by a government decree, was seriously injured in a fire...

5 ex-police officers among 7 detained attempting to flee to Greece

Seven Turkish citizens including five former police officers who were fired from their jobs in a wide-ranging purge carried out by the Turkish government...

Turkish court rules to release former mayor, 3 others in Kobani trial

A Turkish court on Tuesday ruled for the release from pretrial detention of four Kurdish politicians, including a former mayor, defendants in a trial...

Judicial council appoints controversial judge to Turkey’s top appeals court

Turkey’s Council of Judges and Prosecutors (HSK) has appointed one of its former vice presidents and a former member to the country’s Supreme Court...

15 businesspeople sentenced to prison over Gülen links

Fifteen defendants have been sentenced to prison in a trial concerning the activities of the now-closed Turkish Confederation of Businessmen and Industrialists (TUSKON) due...

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