Turkey will increase its presence at INTERPOL, newly elected Executive Committee member says
Turkey will grow its presence at INTERPOL by increasing its number of liaison officers in the General Secretariat and nominating more candidates for senior...
Ankara urges Council of Europe to avoid any decision against Turkey
Turkey on Thursday called on the Council of Europe to refrain from punishing it ahead of a decision this week on whether Ankara should...
21 teachers dismissed from their jobs in SE Turkey over ‘terrorist ties’
Twenty-one teachers who were detained in November 2020 as part of a terrorism investigation have been fired from their jobs based on a government...
EU provides 325 million euro boost for refugees in Turkey
The European Union said on Thursday it was injecting 325 million euros for refugees in Turkey, part of a huge funding plan for the...
11-year-old autistic boy succumbs to heart disease without saying goodbye to his jailed father
Ömer Faruk Turan, 11, died of heart failure on Tuesday without being able to say goodbye to his father, who has been in prison...
YouTube journalist in Turkey arrested for street interview
Hasan Köksoy, a YouTube journalist, was arrested by a Turkish court on Wednesday due to an interview he broadcast three days ago, Turkish media...
Refugees confronted with increasing hate crimes after Bolu City Council approves controversial proposal
Refugees in Turkey's northwestern city of Bolu said they have been confronted with more hate crimes since the municipal council approved a discriminatory proposal...
Turkish authorities sentence 21-year-old man to aggravated life over Kobani protests despite contradictory evidence
Turkish authorities have handed down an aggravated life sentence to a 21-year-old man for allegedly taking part in street protests in the country's Southeast...
[UPDATE] Greek police rescue 17 Turkish migrants in danger of freezing to death
The Greek police rescued 17 Turkish asylum seekers, including five children and four women, who crossed the Evros River from Turkey to Greece and...
Police officer forced to work in construction after post-coup purge dies in occupational accident
Yurdal Gökçe, 41, a former police officer who was dismissed by an emergency decree after a coup attempt in Turkey in July 2016, died...
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