Woman suffering from cancer left to take care of disabled son alone after husband’s...

A woman suffering from cancer said in a letter yesterday she had been struggling to take care of her disabled son since the jailing...

415 people tortured, 17 abducted in Turkey in 2021: report

Four hundred fifteen people were tortured in prisons and detention centers in Turkey and 17 were abducted in the first 11 months of 2021,...

Former teacher looking after ALS patient spouse imprisoned over Gülen links

Şükrü İpek, a former teacher convicted on terrorism charges for his alleged links to the Gülen movement, was sent to prison on Tuesday after...

Ailing 83-year-old prisoner, not released despite serious health problems, put in intensive care

Mehmet Emin Özkan, an 83-year-old inmate who was not released by authorities despite suffering from severe health problems, was hospitalized on Tuesday night after...

72-year-old man jailed over Gülen links not released despite suffering from heart failure

A 72-year-old man jailed for alleged links to the Gülen movement despite congestive heart failure has not been released from prison and is scheduled...

Police officer, neighborhood watchman beat and threaten young man in western Turkey

A police officer and a neighborhood watchman appeared to beat a young man and threaten to kill him on Monday in western Turkey's Aydin...

Scale of environmental disaster in Giresun continues to cause concern

Leakage from a flotation pool used for storing poisonous waste at a mining facility in Giresun continues to worry environmentalists, voicing their concerns on...

Pro-government groups own lion’s share of Turkey media scene: report

Pro-government media groups own the overwhelming majority of newspapers, radio stations, TV channels and news websites that have the largest audience in Turkey, Turkish...

Turkish prosecutor requests reduced sentence for man in infamous femicide case

A Turkish prosecutor has requested a reduced sentence for Fedai Varan, who slit his ex-wife’s throat in broad daylight in 2019, the Hürriyet daily...

Member of pro-Kurdish HDP briefly detained for insulting Turkish president

Hüseyin Gökoğlu, a member of the Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP), was briefly detained on Sunday for allegedly insulting Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, the...

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