PACE committee calls on member states to facilitate emergency visas for quake victims in...
The Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe’s (PACE) Committee for Migration, Refugees and Displaced Persons has called on member states to facilitate the issuance of...
Trustees appointed to municipalities upon Erdoğan’s instructions, interior minister says
Interior Minister Süleyman Soylu has said trustees in municipalities in Kurdish-majority southeastern Turkey were appointed by his ministry upon instructions from President Recep Tayyip...
15 detained over alleged Gülen links in İstanbul-based investigation
Fifteen people were detained on Wednesday in an İstanbul-based operation for alleged links to the Gülen movement, a faith-based group accused by the government...
Journalist detained while covering dispute during celebrations of Erdoğan election victory
Vedat Aker, a local journalist in Turkey’s eastern province of Batman, was detained while covering a dispute that erupted during celebrations of President Recep...
Disaster resilient schools funded by World Bank, EU withstood quakes in Turkey
Disaster resilient schools built in southern Turkey with support from the World Bank, the Global Facility for Disaster Reduction and Recovery (GFDRR) and the...
Turkish President Erdoğan targets LGBTQ in parliamentary speech
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan in a parliamentary speech on Wednesday once again targeted the LGBTQ community, Turkish media reported.
Erdoğan referred to the LGBTQ...
Former Erdoğan aide says hatred of Gülen movement should be rekindled
A columnist for a pro-government daily who was a former aide to President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has called on Turkish authorities to rekindle their...
Sputnik Turkish firing journalists after decision to strike: report
The Turkish bureau of Russian state-owned news agency and radio broadcast service Sputnik has begun to fire journalists and media workers after they decided...
17-year-old dies in preventable workplace accident
A 17-year-old died on Monday in a preventable workplace accident, once again sparking concern about occupational safety in Turkey, the Birgün daily reported.
Yiğit Zamanis was...
Travel ban imposed on 2 journalists after complaint by top court judge
A Turkish court has imposed a travel ban on two journalists as part of a case launched over a complaint filed against them by...
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