Turkish authorities jail woman with 6-month-old son amid escalating crackdown on Gülen movement
A Turkish woman previously sentenced to almost seven years in prison over alleged links to the faith-based Gülen movement has been jailed along with...
DEM Party lawmaker decries human toll of recent crackdown on Gülen movement
The human cost of a recent government crackdown on the Gülen movement was criticized during a parliamentary speech by Ömer Faruk Gergerlioğlu, a deputy from the...
Turkish Ministry of Justice reports 1,026 prison deaths in 17 months
A total of 1,026 inmates died in Turkish prisons between July 2023 and December 2024, the Velev news website reported, citing data released by the...
Factory owners avoid legal pressure as families of blast victims withdraw complaints
The families of four workers who died in a 2024 explosion at the Oba Makarna pasta factory in Sakarya province have withdrawn their complaints...
Report reveals alarming shortage of women’s shelters across Turkey
A recent report by Republican People’s Party (CHP) deputy Gamze Akkuş İlgezdi has revealed a critical shortage in the number and capacity of women’s...
Agricultural workers in Turkey’s İzmir province protest company pressure to cut ties with union
More than 350 agricultural workers, most of them women, employed at Queen Flowers in İzmir province, have been protesting the company over pressure to...
Turkish women face double burden at home and in the workforce
Turkish women in the workforce continue to face multiple challenges, including demanding working conditions and the burden of domestic responsibilities, the Evrensel news website reported.
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Families in Turkey struggle with poverty, poor housing: report
Families across Turkey have been grappling with deepening poverty and deteriorating living conditions, the Evrensel daily reported.
According to Evrensel, the Turkish Statistical Institute’s (TurkStat) 2025 report...
11 years after Turkey’s worst mining disaster, widow says families still waiting for justice
On the 11th anniversary of a 2014 mining disaster in Turkey’s Manisa province, a woman whose husband was killed in the tragedy told the T24 news...
Fireworks factory owner seeks impunity often afforded for workplace accidents in Turkey
The owner of a fireworks factory where seven workers died in a 2020 explosion argued in court on Monday that he should not face...
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