Women, girls cannot access essential services, vital items in quake-hit Turkish provinces: UN Women
UN Women said in an assessment report that Turkish women and girls have faced particular challenges in term of access to essential services and...
748 people detained in June over Gülen links, says new interior minister
Turkey has escalated the mass detention of people over alleged links to the Gülen movement, ordering the detention of 748 individuals in June, according...
ECtHR faults Turkey for failing to conduct effective investigation into death of soldier
The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) ruled on Tuesday that Turkey had violated the right to life by failing to conduct an effective investigation into...
Turkish national illegally renditioned from Tajikistan detained over Gülen links
A Turkish national who was illegally brought to Turkey from Tajikistan has been detained due to his alleged links to the Gülen movement, the...
Brother of young woman killed in police shooting dies by suicide
The brother of a young woman who was shot and killed during a police raid on her family home in 2015 died by suicide...
Turkey continues to misuse INTERPOL databases to target political dissidents: report
The Turkish government, which critics say falsely registers dissidents’ passports as lost, stolen or revoked to facilitate their deportation to Turkey, where they often...
Systemic problems are causing spike in measles cases, warns TTB
Problems in Turkey’s healthcare system and incorrect policies are causing a surge in measles cases in the country, the Turkish Medical Association (TTB) warned.
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22 women in Turkey fell victim to femicide in June
Twenty-two women were murdered by men in Turkey last month, while 27 died under suspicious circumstances, according to data from the We Will Stop Femicide Platform...
Media worker detained in southeastern Turkey
Kadir Bayram, a cameraman for Piya Productions, was detained in the early hours of Tuesday in Turkey’s southeastern province of Diyarbakır, the Evrensel daily reported.
According...
Kocaeli residents stage demonstration against Syrian refugees in wake of neighborhood dispute
A demonstration against Syrian refugees took place on Sunday morning in Kocaeli province’s Dilovası district, Turkish media reported.
Demonstrators shouted they no longer wanted Syrians...
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