Friends, colleagues and even spouses are reporting each other to law enforcement in Turkey as polarization in the society has intensified at the hands of the government since the July 15 coup attempt, according to UK’s Financial Times. Both President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and the government has encouraged citizens to report on perceived state enemies. […]
A passenger on a public bus in İstanbul who claimed to be a staunch supporter of President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan threatened a group of “no” leaning voters in an upcoming referendum in Turkey, saying they will be put to the sword since the Ottoman Empire will be revived. According to a video that went viral
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In reaction to a decision on the part of Greece not to extradite eight Turkish soldiers who sought political asylum following a failed coup attempt in Turkey on July 15, a pro-government columnist on Saturday called on assassins to take refuge in Turkey if they kill any European leaders. “Anyone who attempts to assassinate a
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In a particularly absurd display of military might, a large group of police officers in the northern Syrian city of Jarablus who had been trained by Turkey’s Security General Directorate chanted Islamic slogans, praising Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan. During a 23-second video, scores of police officers are seen raising their right fists and belting
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An 11-year-old schoolgirl said during an interview after receiving her first term report card that she wants to become the president of Turkey in order to change the constitution and reinstate the death penalty for coup plotters. Apparently coached by her parents, the girl seemed to be affected by the political atmosphere in Turkey as
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An obtrusive recording revealed that a teacher working at a Turkish gov’t-funded religious school in Albania converses with a student about how the ISIL militants seek to “provide protection to the Muslim people of Syria, Palestine, and Egypt.” During his 35-second video, a student says he does not understand if ISIL militants are Muslim or not.
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At a time when the Turkish lira has fallen to fresh record lows against both the US dollar and the euro, President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has said the depreciation of the lira was the result of an operation targeting Turkey and there is no difference between a terrorist holding a gun and one having foreign
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Şevki Yılmaz, former Welfare Party (RP) deputy and presently a columnist for the pro-government Yeni Akit daily, said on Friday that the Turkish intelligence agency must carry out assassinations of pro-Kurdish deputies in the Turkish Parliament in order to efficiently fight against Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) terrorism. Speaking in an interview with Akit TV, Yılmaz
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Cemil Barlas, a political commentator for the pro-government A Haber TV, said during a program on Monday that followers of the Gülen movement, which the government accuses of being behind a failed coup on July 15, must be kept in detention camps and should be given food tickets since the government has seized most of
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The children of former Taraf daily journalist Mehmet Baransu, who was imprisoned in March 2015 after revealing an alleged government plan to “eliminate the Gülen movement” based on a secret document he published in 2013, have changed their last name due to pressure at school and in their neighborhood, CNNTürk reported on Wednesday. An İstanbul
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