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Turkey’s Erdoğan calls Paris protestors ‘terrorists,’ slams int’l media for lack of coverage

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on Monday said there were “terrorist activities” in Paris, referring to protestors who clashed with French police, and accused...

Erdoğan says ‘infamous Hungarian Jew’ Soros is behind businessman Kavala

Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on Wednesday said George Soros, a Hungarian-American billionaire investor and philanthropist, was behind jailed Turkish activist and businessman Osman...

Erdoğan defends detention of academics with ties to activist businessman Kavala

President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on Tuesday responded to reactions from the West to the detention of 13 academics on Friday for their alleged involvement...

Police officer receives shorter sentence in retrial of Gezi protest death case

A Turkish court on Monday handed down a lesser sentence than was ordered in previous proceedings in the retrial of a police officer who...

Academic arrested on charges of organizing Gezi Park protests, Kavala links

İstanbul Bilgi University NGO Education and Research executive Yiğit Aksakoğlu, who was among academics detained on Friday for alleged links to jailed businessman and...

4 out of 13 academics detained for organizing Gezi protests released

Four out of 13 academics who were detained on Friday morning on accusations of organizing and financing the Gezi Park protests of 2013 and...

European Council, TÜSİAD criticize latest detention of academics in Turkey

Secretary General of European Council Thorbjorn Jagland and president of the Turkish Industrialists and Businessmen’s Association (TÜSİAD) Erol Bilecik have criticized the detention of...

13 academics detained for organizing Gezi protests, ties to activist Kavala

In a new wave of detentions in Turkey, 13 academics were detained on Friday on accusations of organizing and financing the Gezi Park protests...

Warrants issued in large-scale investigation into activist social media accounts

The İstanbul Chief Public Prosecutor’s Office has started to issue detention warrants in a massive investigation into social media accounts run by activists posting...

Erdoğan pledges to fight high interest rates if re-elected

President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has pledged to fight high interest rates in Turkey if he is re-elected in snap elections on June 24, the...

Police close Gezi Park to avoid possible fifth year anniversary gathering

İstanbul police tightened security measures around Gezi Park due to the possibility of a demonstration marking the famous protests’ fifth anniversary, BBC Turkish service...

[ANALYSIS] How Gezi Park shaped Turkish politics and media

May 27 of this year marked the fifth anniversary of the Gezi Park protests, which on the one hand pushed then-Prime Minister Recep Tayyip...

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