Thousands of children lost parents in Turkey’s earthquake disaster 

A total of 3,500 children lost either one or both parents in earthquakes that devastated several southeastern Turkish provinces in early February, the Hürriyet...

Turkish minister of education signals possibility of controversial gender-segregated schooling

Turkish Education Minister Yusuf Tekin in a controversial remark on July 12 emphasized the need to consider gender-segregated schools to cater to conservative families,...

122,632 jailed over alleged Gülen links since coup attempt in 2016: justice minister

A total of 122,632 people have been jailed over alleged links to the Gülen movement since a coup attempt in Turkey in July 2016,...

Turkey is hosting 4.8 million foreign nationals: official data

There are a total of 4,893,752 foreigners in Turkey, including both refugees and migrants, Turkish Minute reported, citing data from the Presidency of Migration...

Mass detentions as part of crackdown on Kurdish political movement drew concern from UN

UN special rapporteurs in a joint letter sent to the Turkish government in May expressed serious concern about the mass arrest and detention of opposition members...

Poverty stemming from pandemic continues to worsen among Turkey’s Roma people

A report drafted by the Roma Memory Studies Association (Romani Godi) reveals how the poverty that increased during the COVID-19 pandemic deepened the rights violations against...

Ailing 84-year-old inmate not released despite suffering heart attack in his cell 

An ailing 84-year-old man serving a sentence on conviction of links to the Gülen movement has not been released from prison even after suffering...

11 detained over Nevruz celebration in southern Turkey

Eleven people were detained on Friday as a result of an investigation into a celebration in Turkey’s southern province of Mersin in March to...

Turkey’s top court rejects application seeking release of jailed MP

Turkey’s top appeals court has denied an application requesting the release from prison of an opposition lawmaker from the Workers Party of Turkey (TİP),...

Syria opens key aid corridor to rebel-held areas: UN envoy

Damascus will let humanitarian aid flow through Syria’s main border crossing into rebel-held areas, reopening a conduit that had closed after a Security Council...

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