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AKP deputy criticizes Erdoğan for playing New Zealand massacre video at rallies

Justice and Development Party (AKP) deputy Mustafa Yeneroğlu has criticized Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan for airing at election rallies the footage of a massacre that took...

Erdoğan says will approve reinstatement of death penalty if passed by parliament

In a development that came as no surprise to anybody, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has brought the reinstatement of the death penalty back...

Erdoğan vows to punish attacker if New Zealand does not: report

Turkish President Tayyip Erdoğan on Tuesday said Turkey would make a man accused of murdering 50 people in two Christchurch mosques last week pay...

‘Godless, atheist’ Kurdish party members ‘fired bullets at mosque’: Erdoğan

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan claimed that members of the Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP), “a team of godless, atheists, nonbelievers” in his words,...

Opposition municipal candidate claims verbally attacked at mosque

Necdet Gökçınar, a candidate for mayor of İstanbul from the opposition Felicity Party (SP), has said he was verbally attacked in the yard of...

HDP co-chair under investigation for alleged terrorist propaganda

Sezai Temelli, the co-chair of the Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP), is being investigated for allegedly spreading “terrorist propaganda,” the Artı Gerçek news website reported...

Pro-gov’t mafia leader calls for arming of Muslim Turks after New Zealand attack

Sedat Peker, a convicted crime boss who is a staunch supporter of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, called for the arming of regular people...

Finance minister says man detained for claiming Turkish Airlines is going bankrupt

Turkish Finance and Treasury Minister Berat Albayrak, who is also the son-in-law of President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, said on Tuesday that a man who...

Mezopotamya news agency reporter detained again

Semra Turan, a reporter for the Mezopotamya news agency, was detained once again in the province of Tunceli after she was detained and released...

ECtHR agrees to adjudicate Turkey’s appeal in Demirtaş case

The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) on Tuesday announced that it would adjudicate an appeal lodged by Turkey to a previous ruling in...

Pro-gov’t TV presenter claims people expect execution of main opposition leader

An Islamist pro-government presenter on Akit TV on Tuesday said the people expect Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu, chairman of the main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP),...

Erdoğan says opposition mayoral candidate will pay a price even if he continues his run

Turkey’s President and the Chairman of the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP)  Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has targeted opposition candidate for mayor of Ankara...

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