Former teacher serving sentence on Gülen links says his health has taken a turn...
A former teacher who was imprisoned for alleged links to the Gülen movement said in a letter to his family that his health had taken...
US State Department cites widespread rights abuses in annual human rights report on Turkey
The US Department of State released its annual human rights report on Turkey in which it listed widespread rights violations in 2021, Turkish Minute...
ECtHR declines to consider application from chronically ill inmate in Turkish prison
The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has declined to consider an application filed on behalf of a Turkish inmate suffering from cancer who...
Syrians say they’re continuously blamed for economic crises in Turkey but can barely get...
Syrian migrants have said in comments to the Evrensel daily that they were continuously blamed for rising unemployment and economic crises in Turkey, but...
Turkey’s Transnational Repression: Abuse of asset freezing mechanisms under the pretext of prevention of...
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This report focuses on how the Turkish government’s decisions to freeze assets based on the pretext of preventing the financing of terrorism have...
25-year-old former cadet takes his own life after struggling with coup-related investigations
A 25-year-old former military cadet who was the subject of an investigation after a 2016 coup attempt in Turkey died by suicide on Monday...
Phone scammers defraud financial expert saying Gülenists have her personal info
Aysun Mercan, an administrative board member of a Japanese bank in Turkey, is the latest victim of Turkish phone scammers, who defrauded her by...
‘Music can’t be silenced,’ 1,134 musicians in Turkey declare in joint statement amid bans
A large number of individuals in the music industry, including singers, composers, lyricists, arrangers, music producers and managers, have issued a joint statement against...
Police whitewash Somali restaurant sign in Ankara, claiming colors ‘used by terrorists’
Turkish police on Friday whitewashed the sign of the Somali-owned Saab restaurant in the Kızılay district of Ankara for displaying colors used by Kurdish...
Authorities cut basic services of residents protesting urban transformation project in Istanbul neighborhood
Authorities have cut water, electricity and gas services in homes in Istanbul's Fetihtepe district, which has been the center of social tension as residents...
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