Public health experts warn of measles increase in Turkey
Public health experts in Turkey have warned of an increasing number of measles cases among young children, saying 3,000 cases were recorded in the...
Boğaziçi students investigated for calling for release of their friends on social media
Four Boğaziçi University students were detained today for issuing a call on social media for the release of friends who were taken into custody...
Top bar association files complaint against Turkish Red Crescent for selling tents to relief...
The Union of Turkish Bar Associations (TBB) has filed a complaint against the Turkish Red Crescent (Kızılay) for selling tents to a relief organization...
Refugees detained in dismal conditions in Turkey upon pushback from Greece
Turkish authorities have been detaining refugees who were pushed back from Greece in a rundown building under dismal conditions in western Izmir province, the...
Turkish women’s rights activists say sexual and physical abuse perpetrators are granted impunity
Women’s rights activists in Turkey have said perpetrators of gender-based violence, femicide and sexual abuse are granted impunity thanks to reduced prison sentences, the...
Veteran Turkish journalist Şahin Alpay released pending trial after 20 months of detention
Şahin Alpay, a veteran journalist and columnist of the now-closed Zaman and Today’s Zaman dailies, was released pending trial on Friday after Turkey’s Constitutional...
Police prevent doctors from gathering in Istanbul’s Taksim Square on occasion of National Doctors...
Turkish doctors who wanted to stage a demonstration against poor working conditions and low pay on Monday were prevented by police from holding the...
157.248 children living in poverty in Turkey, says CHP lawmaker
Republican People’s Party (CHP) deputy Murat Emir has revealed that 157.248 children in Turkey are living in poverty, to the extent that their families...
Mother of two-and-a-half-month-old baby sent to prison in violation of the law
Hilal Keser, the mother of a two-and-a-half-month-old infant, was sent to prison in violation of a law that requires the postponement of the execution...
Inmate dies of COVID-19 after denied treatment for days
Hüseyin Özen, who had previously been self-medicating for a cold, died of COVID-19 on November 14 after spending 15 days in intensive care, Bold...
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