University students in Turkey can’t afford housing or basic necessities as prices soar
University students in Turkey are facing serious financial difficulties and cannot afford housing or basic necessities, BBC Turkish service reported.
Most students studying in big...
Turkish authorities order detention of 11 accountants for links to Gülen movement
Turkish authorities on Wednesday ordered the detention of 11 accountants due to alleged links to the Gülen movement, the Bold Medya news website reported.
The...
Top court finds rights violations in advertising bans imposed on opposition newspapers
Turkey’s Constitutional Court has ruled that advertising bans imposed on BirGün, Sözcü, Cumhuriyet and Evrensel, all newspapers critical of the Justice and Development Party...
Turkey complied with ECtHR judgement on Kavala, justice minister argues
Contrary to what the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) said in a judgment last month, Turkey’s justice minister, Bekir Bozdağ, has argued that...
Turkish man who fatally shot his wife posts the murder on social media
A man who shot his wife in an “honor killing” on Tuesday in western Çanakkale province posted the murder on social media, Turkish media...
Pictures of Alevi imams removed from cemevi during President Erdoğan’s visit
Pictures of Alevi imams were removed from an Alevi house of worship (cemevi) during a visit by Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, sparking controversy,...
Boğaziçi University refuses to reinstate dismissed academic despite court decision
Can Candan, a former faculty member at İstanbul’s Boğaziçi University and a documentary filmmaker who was fired in July 2021 for protesting against the...
Kavala says prosecution knew he hadn’t dined with Barkey at İstanbul restaurant
Osman Kavala, a prominent businessman and rights activist who was sentenced to aggravated life in April, has said the prosecutors who drafted an indictment...
Turkish drone strike kills 4 in northeast Syria: monitor
A Turkish drone strike on Tuesday killed at least four people in a northeast Syrian city held by Kurdish forces, the latest in a...
Non-Turkish children subject to discrimination and neglect, say foster families
Families who have fostered non-Turkish children said the children were subject to discrimination and neglect because of bureaucratic obstacles, the Duvar news website reported.
According...
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