Greece claims Turkey endangered migrants in Aegean boat accident
Greece’s migration minister has accused neighboring Turkey of allegedly endangering migrants at sea and ignoring an agreement with the EU to stem illegal migration...
9 Kurdish journalists detained in police raids in Turkey
Turkish police conducted a series of coordinated home raids in İstanbul, Ankara and southeastern Urfa province on Tuesday, resulting in the detention of nine...
Political prisoner denied permission to visit his dying son
Prosecutors denied permission to Murat Turan, who wanted to visit his 11-year-old son Ömer Faruk, currently in an intensive care unit due to a...
Most Turks are dissatisfied with the level of democracy in their country: survey
Turkey is ranked 47th among 53 nations where people’s dissatisfaction with the level of democracy in their countries is the highest, Turkish Minute reported, citing...
Parents of 8-year-old boy suffering from epilepsy to serve sentences on Gülen link convictions
Another sick child has been left without parents as the mother and father of an 8-year-old boy suffering from epilepsy were arrested in Edirne...
Ankara court’s Kobani trial verdict fuels Kurdish protests
An Ankara court’s decision to hand down lengthy sentences to dozens of Kurdish politicians, including imprisoned leaders Selahattin Demirtaş and Figen Yüksekdağ, in the...
Syrian refugees tortured, raped, disappeared after returning home: Amnesty International
As a number of countries, including Turkey, put more pressure on Syrian refugees to return home, accounts of torture inflicted on returnees have been...
Donors pledge 1 billion euros for Syrian refugees in Turkey
International donors led by the EU on Monday pledged 1 billion euros for Syrian refugees in Turkey and an additional 4 billion euros for...
Father of Çorlu train accident victims dies of heart attack
Erdinç Dikmen, the father of two girls who died in a high-speed train accident in Turkey in 2018, on Friday died of a heart...
Turkish woman imprisoned for financially supporting family of husband’s fellow inmate
Emine Güven, a mother of two, has been sentenced to four years in prison for sending money to the family of a man jailed...
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