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...
Another opposition politician attacked following Erdoğan’s threats
Buğra Kavuncu, the İstanbul provincial chairman of the opposition İYİ (Good) Party, was attacked on Friday while leaving a TV studio where he appeared on...
Occupational safety expert sparks outrage for trying to fit dead worker with safety harness...
An occupational safety expert sparked outrage after he tried to fit a safety harness on the lifeless body of a 19-year-old dockyard worker who...
Ex-ministers should have been tried for graft, former speaker of parliament says
Presidential High Advisory Board member Cemil Çiçek has said the case files of four former Turkish ministers who were implicated bribery and corruption investigations...
Human rights organizations urge Turkey to end bans on Saturday Mothers vigils
Amnesty International and several human rights organizations including the Civil Rights Defenders, the Civicus Global Alliance and EuroMed Rights have called on Turkish authorities...
Turkey orders hundreds of detentions over alleged Gülen links in a week
Turkish authorities have ordered the detention of 279 people in the last five days due to alleged links to the Gülen movement, according to...
Appeals court in SE Turkey upholds sentences of 58 Kurdish politicians accused of ‘terrorism’
An appeals court in the southeast Turkish province of Gaziantep has upheld prison sentences previously handed down to 58 Kurdish politicians, including former executives...
Families of refugees thrown into river by gendarmes call on authorities to start search...
The families of some of more than 50 refugees who were thrown into the Evros River by Turkish gendarmes after they were pushed back...
More than a third of inmates in Europe are in Turkish prisons, CoE data...
Turkey is by far the leader in the number of prisoners in Europe, according to the 2023 Council of Europe (CoE) Annual Penal Statistics...
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