Turkey absent from signatories of joint statement calling on China to allow Xinjiang access
Turkey is noticeably absent from signatories of a cross-regional joint statement urging China to allow the immediate access of United Nations High Commissioner for...
Turkey ranked 45th among 193 countries in UN Human Development Index
Turkey was ranked 45th in the 2023-2024 Human Development Index published by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) released on Wednesday.
The Human Development Index...
Spouse of missing educator appeals to Kyrgyz president to find her husband
Reyhan İnandı, the wife of Turkish-Kyrgyz educator Orhan İnandı, appealed to Kyrgyz President Sadyr Japarov on Thursday to find her husband, who went missing...
Journalist convicted of libel for report on pro-gov’t media group executive
An İstanbul court has handed down a prison sentence to the managing editor of a newspaper for reporting on a mafia boss’s allegations about...
Turkey issued detention warrants for 84 people over alleged Gülen links in a week
Turkish authorities have over the past week ordered the detention of 84 people including lawyers, teachers, active duty and dismissed police officers and former...
340 detained across Turkey for protesting overturning of Kurdish mayor’s election victory
Turkish police have detained 340 people over protests that erupted across Turkey in response to a local electoral authority’s decision to annul the victory...
Teachers fleeing Ankara’s crackdown to be deported to Bulgaria by Germany, fear possible extradition...
A German court has rejected the asylum applications of two Turkish teachers who worked for schools affiliated with the Gülen movement in Vietnam, ruling...
Gendarmes beat, detain 16 during strike by union members
A strike at a food production factory in the Kemalpaşa district of Izmir on Tuesday escalated into gendarmes beating and detaining three union executives...
146 workers died in occupational accidents in Turkey in July: report
A total of 146 people died in workplace accidents in Turkey in July, according to a monthly report by the Health and Safety Labor...
Brothers convicted over Gülen links not allowed to attend sister’s funeral
Three brothers – İbrahim Emre, Muhammed Emre and Üsame Emre -- imprisoned on conviction of alleged links to the Gülen movement, were not allowed...
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