Turkey

CENTRAL NEWS Erdogan's palace costs over $600 million, is formed of 1,000 rooms and has a daily expense bill of $300,000. At the other end of a spectrum, today, a father poisoned himself and his family of four, including a five and nine-year-old, with cyanide because of unemployment. A family...

The famous writer and winner of the Nobel Prize in literature, Orhan Pamuk, expressed his objection to Erdogan’s policy, speaking also for the recognition of the Armenian Genocide at Sharjah International Book Fair. Pamuk’s political views and the persecution he suffered from local nationalists when he said in an interview...

ISTANBUL, TURKEY Conscientious objector, a person who refuses to partake in the involuntary military service, and Animal Rights Watch Coordinator Burak Özgüner was found dead this morning at his home in Istanbul. Özgüner's body was transported to the Forensic Medicine Institute in Yenibosna. A case was opened against Özgüner for...

CENTRAL NEWS 7,000 abducted women and girls, mostly Ezidi, are being sold in Antep and Ankara through a web site named: "Attractive Infidels Bazaar." Amongst the thousands of women abducted by the Free Syrian Army, there are girls as young as 7, and women as old as 70. These women...

CENTRAL NEWS US senate members showed a strong reaction to the finalisation of Erdogan's visit to the United States on November 13. While formal processes for the visit are being sped up, the senators have demanded that Erdogan's visit be cancelled altogether. Senator Chuck Schumer of the state of New...

The Investigative Journal had released an episode in August, disclosing exclusive wiretaps, audio recordings, and documents that prove collusion between the Turkish intelligence and terrorist groups inside Syria, sourced by former Turkish chief of police, Ahmet Yayla, who was defected to the US in objection to the support President Erdogan...

CENTRAL NEWS More than a week after the former leader of ISIS killed himself during a joint operation by SDF and US special forces, Erdogan announced that they had "captured Baghdadi's wife and didn't make a fuss like ." "Similarly, we also captured his sister and brother-in-law in Syria," he...

MERSİN, TURKEY Within the scope of the “Prevent Murder of Women Now" campaign, 12 women who are members of Mersin Women's Platform, have been penalized per the "Misdemeanors Law" for a march on 12 October. The women have been fined 320 TL each. Mersin Women's Platform launched a campaign to...

CENTRAL NEWS Education and Science Laborers Union (Eğitim Sen), released a statement on the 38th anniversary of the Higher Education Council (HEC) establishment. The Council of Higher Education (YÖK), established by the military coup juntas, has been the main instrument used by every political power to bring universities to its...