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State-run dorm evicts 15 female students for participating in Istanbul protests

A state-run dormitory in Turkey's Mersin province has evicted 15 female students allegedly involved in nationwide protests against the detention and arrest of Istanbul...

Turkish authorities arrest YouTuber over filming content 

Turkish authorities arrested street interviewer Özkan Bozkurt on Wednesday after he posted a video showing a person firing shots into the air during a...

Istanbul residents protest luxury housing project on one of last remaining disaster assembly sites 

Residents of Istanbul’s Kadıköy district have been protesting plans to turn a 12,000-square-meter area designated for disaster coordination and assembly zones into a luxury housing project, warning...

Turkish women reveal sexual harassment as legal barriers to justice persist

Scores of Turkish women have come forward in recent weeks with stories of sexual harassment and intimidation following allegations against celebrity photographer Mesut Adlin,...

Turkey’s media regulator threatens pro-opposition BirGün TV with ban, critics cite weaponization of licensing

Turkey’s media watchdog has given pro-opposition outlet BirGün TV 72 hours to apply for a license or face an access ban, a move opposition...

First hearing set for 13 Turkish gendarmes accused of torture, custody death

The first hearing in the trial of 13 gendarmes accused of torturing two brothers and causing the death of one of them in custody...

Kurdish inmate barred from attending son’s funeral, taken to wake in handcuffs

Turkish authorities prevented Mehmet Durak Karak from attending his son’s funeral in Şanlıurfa province, allowing him to just attend the wake, in handcuffs, the...

Turkey bans concert by French singer over support for Israel

Turkish authorities said on Wednesday that they have banned a planned concert by French singer Enrico Macias in İstanbul after calls to protest the...

Turkish public employees union demands reinstatement of civil servants dismissed under emergency decrees

The Confederation of Public Employees’ Trade Unions (KESK) on Monday called for the reinstatement of civil servants dismissed by emergency decrees during a post-coup...

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