Turkish authorities have arbitrarily revoked parole rights of 313 inmates since 2021
Turkish prison authorities have arbitrarily revoked the parole rights of 313 inmates since 2021, according to the Human Rights Association (IHD).
Among those whose parole rights were...
17-year-old dies in preventable workplace accident
A 17-year-old died on Monday in a preventable workplace accident, once again sparking concern about occupational safety in Turkey, the Birgün daily reported.
Yiğit Zamanis was...
Health Ministry criticized for not having Kurdish among e-prescription languages
Turkey’s Health Ministry has come under fire due to the absence of Kurdish among the five language options recently added to the electronic prescription...
Complaints alleging police mistreatment increased by 22 percent last year
The number of people in Turkey who filed complaints alleging police mistreatment and brutality in 2022 increased by 22 percent in comparison to the...
Erdoğan’s Islamist ally seeks to abolish mixed-gender education
Zekeriya Yapıcıoğlu, chairman of the radical Islamist Free Cause Party (HÜDA-PAR), has urged the Turkish government to abolish mixed-sex education, the Birgün daily reported.
HÜDA-PAR is the...
Turkish authorities evict majority of earthquake victims in temporary housing
Turkish authorities have evicted most survivors of major earthquakes in Turkey’s southeast in February who were living in temporary housing, with many facing homelessness,...
Years of coal plant expansion torment Turkey’s villagers
Kneeling in the morning shade under a tree, Osman Arslan brews tea behind a coal-fired power plant that rises above his Turkish Aegean village...
334 migrants arrive on Greek islands off Turkish coast in last 3 days: report
More than 300 migrants have arrived on Greek islands close to the Turkish coast in the past three days, The Associated Press (AP) reported, citing...
Journalist faces multiple insult charges due to social media posts
An editor at the Gerçek Gündem news website has been indicted on charges of insulting public officials in tweets that allegedly targeted two deputy...
Migrants killed in Evros wildfires victims of ‘two great injustices of our times’: Amnesty...
The death of 19 people believed to have been migrants and refugees in fires in northeastern Greece are victims of two great injustices of...
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