CHP mayoral candidate draws ire with discriminatory remarks toward refugee children
A candidate for mayor of a district in Ankara from the main opposition Republican People’s Party’s (CHP) has attracted criticism for discriminatory remarks he...
Kyrgyz protestors demand authorities locate missing educator
Hundreds of people have been protesting since Tuesday in the Kyrgyz capital of Bishkek, demanding that authorities find the president of a prestigious school...
Policeman sentenced to 30 months in prison for 2014 killing of man at İstanbul...
A Turkish court that retried a police officer for the 2014 murder of a man at an Alevi house of worship in İstanbul has...
Survey shows 76.2 pct of Turks want new probe into killing of journalist Mumcu
A survey conducted by Turkish pollster Metropoll has revealed that 76.2 percent of Turks want a fresh probe into the 1993 murder of prominent...
Another dismissed public employee abducted in broad daylight in Turkey’s capital Ankara
Yet another victim of the Turkish government's massive post-coup witch hunt campaign targeting the alleged members of the Gülen movemenet was abducted by forcinh...
Turkish prosecutors ordered detention of 94 people over alleged Gülen links in a week
Turkish prosecutors have over the past week ordered the detention of 94 people including active duty military and police officers due to alleged links...
CISST report finds Turkish prisons do not accommodate foreign inmates
A new report by the Civil Society in the Penal System (CISST) said foreign inmates in Turkish prisons were facing many difficulties, including a...
21 bar associations, NGOs call for release of 83-year-old inmate with severe health problems
Twenty-one bar associations and civil society organizations on Friday issued a joint statement calling on Turkish authorities to release Mehmet Emin Özkan, an 83-year-old...
2 journalists under investigation due to critical reporting on Turkish gov’t officials
Turkish prosecutors have launched investigations into two journalists from the Birgün daily due to their critical reporting on a former minister, a lawmaker from...
Erdoğan ally slams top court for ruling to release ex-MP
Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) leader Devlet Bahçeli, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s far-right ally, has criticized Turkey’s Constitutional Court for ordering the release from...
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