Besir Atalay, Turkish Deputy PM, blames Israel ‘Jewish Diaspora’ for civil unrest and protests
One of Turkey’s deputy prime ministers, Besir Atalay, tried to deflect attention from protests against Turkey’s Islamist government, blaming Jews and Israel. Days after the comments Atalay now blames the media More...
Turkey protests result in over 400 more arrests, government warns against more ‘illegal demonstrations’
Turkish police detained 441 people in connection with clashes in Istanbul on Sunday between police and demonstrators protesting against the government, an official at the city’s bar association said on Monday. Throughout More...
Turkey protests erupt into more chaos of tear gas, water cannons and fireworks
A central square in Istanbul erupted through Tuesday and into Wednesday in an unsettling, chaotic scene of tear gas canisters and water cannons from police met by fireworks, metal banging and defiant chanting from More...
Erdogan says Turkey protesters are walking ‘arm-in-arm with terrorism’
Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan has accused anti-government protesters of walking “arm-in-arm with terrorism” after three days of some of the most violent riots in decades. Hundreds of police and More...
Protests in Turkey worsen, spreading to 67 cities, targeting Tayyip Erdogan more directly PHOTOS
While the mainstream media appears have not noticed the massive riots in the streets of Turkey and the rage that has turned against Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan, PolicyMic published a collection of photos More...
