Sexually harassed underage female employee told by boss to ‘get used to it’
A female high school student who was allegedly subjected to sexual harassment while working at a logistics firm in İstanbul was told by her...
Direct Relief delivers 80 tons of medical support to Turkey via FedEx
Direct Relief and FedEx have announced the safe arrival of a humanitarian relief flight in Turkey carrying 80 tons of supplies in response to...
Kurdish man feared abducted by Turkish intelligence turns up in detention after 45 days
Bahtiyar Fırat, a Kurdish man who had been missing since October 14, has re-emerged in detention at the organized crimes bureau of the İstanbul...
Men dominate the TV news circuit in Turkey with 77 percent of all guest...
Seventy-seven percent of a total of 6,114 guests appearing on news and talk shows on Turkish TV are male, research conducted for the Association...
Families of disabled children in Turkey complain of discrimination and lack of care
Families of disabled children in Turkey said they faced discrimination on a daily basis and that their children did not have access to proper...
Students protest lack of heating and insects in meals at state-run dormitory
In the midst of student demonstrations protesting poor living conditions in state-run dormitories, students living in a dormitory in Turkey’s Iğdır province on Sunday demonstrated...
133 face detention over alleged Gülen links in ‘payphone investigation’
Turkish prosecutors have issued detention warrants for 133 people including active duty and former military officers as well as former military cadets due to...
Father and son allege police mistreatment in Istanbul
A father and son in Istanbul have claimed they were mistreated by police officers at an Istanbul police station, the Duvar news website reported.
Yasar...
19 former police academy students, 3 lawyers detained over Gülen links
Turkish police teams on Tuesday detained 19 former police academy students and three lawyers as part of an Ankara-based operation due to their alleged...
Turkish authorities detain man critical of gov’t policies on charges of insulting President Erdoğan
Turkish authorities on Thursday detained a man who had criticized the economic policies of the government in a street interview, on charges of insulting...
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