Liberian defense minister visits Turkey following deportation of teachers working at Gülen schools
Liberian Defense Minister Daniel Dee Ziankahn visited Turkey two weeks after the deportation of teachers working at a school in Liberia affiliated with the...
25-year-old former cadet takes his own life after struggling with coup-related investigations
A 25-year-old former military cadet who was the subject of an investigation after a 2016 coup attempt in Turkey died by suicide on Monday...
Opposition politician sent to Silivri Prison to serve sentence
Canan Kaftancıoğlu, head of the İstanbul branch of Turkey’s main opposition party, has been sent to the notorious Silivri Prison in İstanbul to serve...
32 femicide cases recorded in Turkey in May
A total of 32 women fell victim to femicide in Turkey in May, the Bianet news website reported.
The number of femicide victims has increased...
Former military cadet arrested on Gülen links says his life has been stolen
A former military cadet who was arrested in May to serve a seven year, six month sentence for links to the Gülen movement said...
Members of Furkan Foundation beaten, detained by police
Members of the Furkan Foundation, an anti-government religious group, on Monday were beaten and detained by police officers in Turkey's Osmaniye province, the Tr724...
Majority of Turks disapprove of Erdoğan’s foul language targeting Gezi protestors
A majority of Turks think it was inappropriate for President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan to refer to participants of mass anti-government protests in 2013 as...
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...
Turkey’s Constitutional Court rejects appeal from 3 defendants convicted in Gezi Park trial
The Turkish Constitutional Court has rejected an appeal from three people who were convicted of "attempting to overthrow the government” during the Gezi Park...
Turkish police blacklist 20 journalists for writing for online magazine
Turkish police have blacklisted 20 journalists for writing for an online magazine called Journalist Post, a periodical put out by journalists living in exile,...
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