Justice and Development Party (AKP) Gaziantep deputy Şamil Tayyar has welcomed the death news of a soldier from the US Special Forces in northern Syria’s Afrin region, where four days ago the Turkish military launched an offensive against Kurdish-held positions. “Wow. It is a good thing,” Tayyar tweeted. The deputy is known for his extreme support […]
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Kral FM radio host Ali Şentürk, known as “Afrikalı Ali,” called on security forces to kill anybody who criticizes Turkey’s operation in the Kurdish-controlled Afrin region of Syria, Cumhuriyet reported. “I am calling on the police. They should show no mercy. The government has already given them the authority. They [police] should leave mercy aside
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Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s chief advisor, Mehmet Uçum, has said the Turkish state can apologize to the victims of a post-coup crackdown only years after the events take place as Australia did for the Aborigines, the US did for the Native Americans and Turkey did for the Armenians. Uçum’s remarks came during a recent
Turkey’s first openly racist political party was founded on Dec. 20, the Duvar news portal reported on Jan. 5. The Ötüken Union Party was established by a group of Turkish nationalists and has officially been included by the Supreme Court of Appeals Prosecutor’s Office in the yearly political party list. Ötüken is the capital city in both Turkic
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Journalist Cem Küçük, a staunch supporter of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, suggested during a live TV program on Monday that Turkish intelligence should kill family members of jailed Gülenists in order to turn the inmates into operatives for the Erdoğan regime. Speaking during a live TV show along with his program partner journalist Fuat
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İbrahim Halil Baran, chairman of the Partiya Kurdistani (PAKURD), on Monday refuted Human Rights Day remarks made by Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan that no massacres, oppression or torture had taken place in Turkish history, saying he was tortured during the 13 days he was in detention. “Tayyip Erdoğan said, ‘There is no torture in
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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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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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A number of Turkish military officers including former Air Forces Commander Akın Öztürk were exposed to torture, severe treatment and corporal punishment by security officers along with privates after the failed coup attempt on July 15, 2016, According to an article written by Turkish journalist Cevheri Güven titled “Game in a Sports Hall in Ankara,”
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A Turkish teacher in Turkey’s southeastern Şırnak province has recently imposed a ban on mother language usage in an elementary school classroom, according to pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) deputy Aycan Irmez. Irmez issued a parliamentary question to the Minister of Education regarding to the incident, asking if there was a directive telling teachers to prevent Kurdish children from
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