Mother of 3 arrested by Turkish police while fleeing to Greece
A mother of three was arrested by Turkish police on September 17 as she was trying to flee to Greece to seek asylum, the...
MEPs condemn attack on HDP, murder of party member
An attack on pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) office in İzmir and the killing of Deniz Poyraz, a party official in the building at...
Turkey issues detention warrants for 295 active duty military officers over alleged Gülen links
Turkish authorities have ordered the detention of 304 people, including 295 active duty military officers, in what is considered the largest operation against members...
Dismissed Kurdish mayor given lengthy jail sentence on terrorism charges
A Turkish court has handed down a prison sentence of seven years, six months to a former local co-mayor in southeastern Turkey who was...
Turkish government to build 36 new prisons in next four years
The Turkish government has allocated 8.7 billion lira (564 million euros) for the construction of 36 new prisons in the next four years, which...
Turkey’s ATK to review situation of 81-year-old ailing Kurdish woman sentenced to prison
Van prosecutors have asked the Council of Forensic Medicine (ATK) to review its assessment of Makbule Özer, an 81-year-old Kurdish woman with serious disabilities...
Academic critical of Erdoğan feared arrest, deportation to Turkey during Malaysia visit
Dr. Ahmet T. Kuru, a Turkish-American academic and critic of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, has said he was harassed by policemen in Kuala...
Complaints of intolerable prison conditions surface from Edirne L-Type prison
Female inmates in Edirne L-Type prison have complained about unbearable prison conditions, the Tr724 news website reported.
Inmates recently told their families that sewage water had...
Academics give cold shoulder to Erdoğan’s call seeking to reverse brain drain from Turkey
Turkish academics who had gone abroad for better working conditions or those living in exile have brushed off a call from President Recep Tayyip...
Greece says stops over 1,000 migrants from Turkey
Athens on Monday accused smugglers from Turkey of trying to send more than a thousand migrants to Greek islands before the boats were detected...
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