Bittersweet Easter for Turkish city’s dwindling Armenian community
The aroma of çörek, a spiced bun the Armenian community makes for Easter, is once again wafting through the streets of Diyarbakır in southeast...
Child suicides surge in Turkey’s earthquake zones, psychologist warns
Children in earthquake-stricken regions of Turkey are experiencing a dramatic rise in suicide attempts, with some as young as 8 years old, according to...
Turkish authorities’ arrest of parents for alleged Gülen links financially and mentally wears down...
The grandmother of two children who were left without parents after both their mother and father were arrested for alleged links to the Gülen...
Turkish asylum seeker and former professor drowns in Canada’s Lake Simcoe
A former professor who sought asylum in Canada after a coup attempt in Turkey in July 2016 drowned on Sunday in Ontario’s Lake Simcoe...
Turkish authorities block X account of country’s oldest LGBTQ+ advocacy group
Turkish authorities on Monday blocked the X account of LGBTQ+ advocacy group Kaos Gay and Lesbian Cultural Research and Solidarity Foundation (Kaos GL) after...
Turkish court finds Interior Ministry responsible for the death of 12 year-old Kurdish girl
A Turkish court has found the Ministry of the Interior culpable for the death of 12-year-old Ceylan Önkol, who was killed in 2009 after...
Poverty stemming from pandemic continues to worsen among Turkey’s Roma people
A report drafted by the Roma Memory Studies Association (Romani Godi) reveals how the poverty that increased during the COVID-19 pandemic deepened the rights violations against...
Turkey orders detention of 100 people over alleged Gülen links in a week
Turkish authorities have over the past week ordered the detention of 100 people including employees of a private security company and active duty, retired...
Top Swedish court refuses to extradite Gülen-linked former principal to Turkey
The Supreme Court of Sweden has refused Turkey’s request to extradite a former principal who used to work at a school affiliated with the...
Elderly Kurdish couple sent to prison to serve sentence for allegedly aiding and abetting...
An elderly Kurdish couple in eastern Turkey's Van province were sent to prison on Tuesday after a top appeals court upheld a sentence handed...
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