Hate Crime

Turkish commentator says her family is ready to execute people for Erdogan

Sevda Noyan, an Islamist TV commentator, said during a live TV interview that she regrets the fact that she failed to kill more people on the night of the July 15 coup attempt in 2016, adding that her family is now fully-prepared and is capable of “executing” some 50 people for President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. […]

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Pro-government columnist says Gulenists are worse than Coronavirus disease

Nedim Şener, a pro-government columnist, said during a live interview that Gülenists are worse than the COVID-19 outbreak, which has recently been declared a global pandemic by World Health Organization (WHO). “Coronovirus is a disease that may be dealth with, someday. But Feto [Gulenism] is not. It is an infidelity that does not leave one’s

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Man attacked for speaking Kurdish in public: deputy confirms

Ekrem Yaşlı, a 61-year-old Kurdish man, was physically assaulted for speaking Kurdish at a public hospital in Çanakkale province, the pro-Kurdish HDP deputy Ömer Faruk Gergerlioğlu confirmed. “Some people still ask why there is a Kurdish problem in Turkey,” Gergerlioğlu tweeted. The Kurdish man was reportedly left bleeding from above the eye and head following

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Turkish police fire water cannon at pro-Kurdish election posters: report

Turkish police have fired water cannon at election banners that promote the candidates of the Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP)  in the upcoming municipal election in Turkey. A video footage posted by a twitter account, shows the moment police fire water cannon at posters The motives of the action is not clear at the moment.

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Turkish police to use ‘German model’ in fight against Gülenists: report

The Turkish National Police Academy has published a new report that offers a comprehensive road map to fight against the members of the Gülen group, which the Turkish government accuses of masterminding a coup attempt last year. According to pro-Erdoğan daily Sabah, prosecutors, judges, police academy academics, financiers and undersecretaries were recommended methods, including the “German

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Alevis worried as 13 houses marked with crosses in Turkey’s Malatya province

Members of the Alevi community in Turkey’s Malatya province have voiced concern after at least thirteen of their houses were allegedly marked with red cross by unknown people. Red crosses marked with red paint were spotted on the outside walls and doors of several households belonging to Alevi people in the Cemal Gürsel neighbourhood of Malatya.

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We will root out every single Gülenist from the Balkans: Erdoğan

People affiliated with the U.S.-based Islamic preacher Fethullah Gülen will be “rooted out” from the Balkans, President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said on Oct. 11 in a speech in the Serbian town of Novi Pazar. “We will root out this treacherous gang called FETÖ from the Balkans, just as we did from our country,” Erdoğan said

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Pro-Kurdish journalists claim to have been tortured in prison: report

Thirteen inmates including journalists Erdoğan Alayumat and Serkan Erdoğan from the Dicle news agency (Dihaber) and Özgürlükçü Demokrasi daily, respectively, both of which were shut down by a government decree, were allegedly tortured on Oct. 2 by some 20-30 guards at Tarsus T-2 Prison in southern Turkey, the Cumhuriyet daily reported on Thursday. Tugay Bek,

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[VIDEO] Police officers repeatedly beat Antalya woman with baton while she is pinned to floor

A cellphone video that shows two police officer in Antalya repeatedly striking a woman with baton has prompted investigation, authorities announced on Wednesday. According to the 45-sec. footage which was recorded by a passersby and released on Twitter, two several officers and a woman exchange a series of escalating insults and challenges, and the brawl

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Nationalist mob attacks funeral for Kurdish deputy’s mother, body unearthed

A mob of about 50 people attacked a funeral ceremony held in Ankara for the mother of the imprisoned Deputy Co-chair of the pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP), Aysel Tugluk, several media outlets reported. Following the attack, the body of Hatun Tuğluk was removed from the grave and again taken to a morgue. According to the

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