Turkey
Turkish lawyers sue 112 Chinese officials, including CCP leader
A group of Turkish lawyers stood up to defend the Uighurs living in China amid the Chinese Communist Party's (CCP's) malicious actions to suppress human rights in Xinjiang. The lawyers told the Istanbul Attorney General's Office on Jan. 4 that they had filed criminal proceedings against 112 Chinese officials, including the ...
Russian geologist analyse 12 million-year-old tracks and suggests vehicles were used before modern humans
Left in the Phrygian Valley of central Turkey were imprinted earth trails that age analysis dictated could have been there from 12 to 14 million years ago. Dr. Alexander Koltypin, a Russian academic, suggested they could have been petrified footprints from ancient vehicles of a long-lost civilization before modern humans. Koltypin is ...
‘Judgment Day’ style building collapse injures and traps dozens
Witnesses and survivors described a residential development's destruction as an act of god on Nov. 10. A two-storey building collapsed in eastern Turkey, burying 21 people under heavy debris. Authorities deployed 260 rescue workers to clear massive concrete slabs and piles of wood at the Malatya site. They used a mix of ...
Thousands protest vaccine passports, mandates in Turkey
More than two thousand people opposed new COVID-19 protocols on Sept. 11. The dramatic protest came after the Turkish government demanded all residents to either show proof of full vaccination, or a recent negative COVID-19 test result, before using public transport and attending major events. Masks and social distancing are mandatory in ...
19-year-old teen ‘chokes to death on her vomit’ while riding ‘Kamikaze’ amusement park ride
Upon noticing their daughter Zeynep Gunay, 19, was in distress, the family pleaded with fairgrounds operators to stop the ride, but they were allegedly ignored. As a result, the Turkish teen passed out and died tragically after choking on her vomit on the "Kamikaze" amusement park ride.According to the Daily ...
Turkey denounces European Court of Justice for banning headscarves in workplaces
Turkey blasted a top European Union court ruling to ban headscarves in some work situations, calling it a "clear violation of religious freedoms" that fuels bias against Muslim women. The EU Court of Justice (CJEU) in Luxembourg decided on July 15 that businesses in the EU are permitted to prohibit employees ...
Killer robots? Drone ‘hunted’ a person without receiving command from a human being
A United Nations report published in March of this year details a 2020 incident in Libya where a 'killer drone' self-activated to hunt a human target without prior command from a person during an armed conflict between the military and a group of civilians. According to the British news outlet The ...
[Watch] Quarrel of the Presidents: President of Turkey Erdogan lashes Joe Biden for his remarks on Vladimir Putin
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan believes that such comments on the Russian leader from President Biden are not appropriate for a U.S. president to make. “Mr. Biden’s statements about Mr. Putin are not fitting of a president, and a president coming out and using such remarks against the president of a ...
Turkey prevents the return of immigrants from Europe, employing 1,000 special agents
The Turkish government is promoting its "open door" policy to allow the immigrants it houses to enter Europe, and to prevent them from returning it is sending 1,000 special agents to the border. Greece has a land border with Turkey and has closed its borders and is denying the entry of ...
President Trump urges Russia, Syria and Iran not to kill civilians in Idlib Province
President Donald Trump on Thursday, Dec. 26, issued a warning to Russia, Syria, and Iran that are waging a military offensive to regain a rebel stronghold that relief groups said has displaced thousands of civilians. “Russia, Syria, and Iran are killing, or on their way to killing, thousands of innocent civilians ...
Turkish interference in US through Muslim groups denounced
Muslim-American groups are backed by the Turkish government to meddle in domestic politics, according to Daily Wire. Among the organizations that most support President Recep Tayyip Erdogan are those that oppose President Donald Trump in all his policies, from immigration to the transfer of the U.S. Embassy to Jerusalem. Working together under ...
Noah’s Ark discovered in Turkey, experts say
New developments in the search for Noah’s Ark have experts optimistic that we will soon have definitive evidence that Noah’s Ark is buried in Turkey. In 1959, expert cartographer Capt. İlhan Durupınar discovered an unusual formation in the mountains of Eastern Turkey that resembles a massive ship. For 60 years scientists ...
Erdogan: Turkey captures slain IS leader al-Baghdadi’s wife
Turkey has captured a wife of the slain leader of the Islamic State group, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Wednesday. Erdogan made the announcement while delivering a speech in the capital of Ankara but gave no other details. He did not say when or how the woman ...
Turkey says it captured slain IS leader’s sister in Syria
Turkey captured the elder sister of the slain leader of the Islamic State group in northwestern Syria on Monday, according to a senior Turkish official, who called the arrest an intelligence "gold mine." Little is known about the sister of Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi. The Turkish official said the 65-year-old known as ...
Military leader of Syrian Kurds thanked President Trump for cease-fire
The military leader of the Syrian Kurds, Gen. Mazloum Abdi, thanked President Trump on Wednesday, Oct. 23, for his tireless effort that stopped the brutal Turkish attack. In the statement that was announced via Twitter by Mustafa Bali, a spokesman for the SDF, Mazloum said: GEN.Mazloum: 1- I just spoke with President Trump ...
President Trump says he would rather focus on US Southern border than Border of Syria
President Donald Trump said he would rather focus on the U.S. southern border than the northern border of Syria and announced Monday, Oct., 14 he would issue an executive order imposing economic sanctions on Turkey. "After defeating 100% of the [Islamic State] Caliphate, I largely moved our troops out of Syria. ...
Trump orders Turkey sanctions: I am prepared to swiftly destroy its economy
Targeting Turkey's economy, President Donald Trump announced sanctions Monday aimed at restraining the Turks' assault against Kurdish fighters and civilians in Syria. The United States also called on Turkey to stop the invasion and declare a ceasefire, and Trump is sending Vice President Mike Pence and national security adviser Robert O'Brien ...
Lindsey Graham praises Trump for working with Congress; blasts Turkey’s Erdogan for misjudgment
Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) on Sunday, Oct. 13, tweeted commending President Donald Trump’s administration for plans of imposing “crippling” sanctions against the Turkish economy as punitive measures against Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. The South Carolina senator criticized Trump days before for withdrawing U.S. troops from northern Syria, but turned to ...
President Trump says he’s an ‘island of one’ on Syria
President Donald Trump said on Saturday, Oct. 12, that he is an "island of one" for removing U.S. forces from northeastern Syria. But he remained steadfast and defended a move that drew widespread bipartisan criticism that he has endangered stability in the Middle East and risked the lives of Syrian Kurdish ...
Pentagon warns Turkey of ‘serious consequences’; Trump calls invasion a ‘bad idea’
The Pentagon on Friday, Oct. 11, has called on Turkey to cease military action from targeting U.S.-backed Kurdish forces, warning of “serious consequences” should it not comply. President Donald Trump openly called the Syrian operation a “bad idea” and said that “The United States does not endorse this attack.” Trump announced earlier ...

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