Erdoğan says Turkey will not respect Council of Europe decision in Kavala case
Turkey will not respect the Council of Europe if it does not respect Turkish courts, President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said on Thursday, when asked...
Opposition deputy submits parliamentary inquiries regarding state negligence in murder of young woman
A deputy from the Peoples' Equality and Democracy Party (DEM Party) has submitted three parliamentary inquiries following the murder of a female university student...
Educator İnandı still unable to use right arm due torture and mistreatment, photos reveal
Photographs released by the administration of Turkey's notorious Silivri Prison on Saturday revealed that Orhan İnandı, a Turkish-Kyrgyz educator rendered to Turkey from Kyrgyzstan,...
Kocaeli residents stage demonstration against Syrian refugees in wake of neighborhood dispute
A demonstration against Syrian refugees took place on Sunday morning in Kocaeli province’s Dilovası district, Turkish media reported.
Demonstrators shouted they no longer wanted Syrians...
AKP deputy slams TÜSİAD for urging improved democracy and expressing concern over the economy
Fatih Şahin, the general secretary of the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP), slammed the Turkish Industrialists and Businessmen’s Association (TÜSİAD) after the group...
Businessman who went missing in Azerbaijan rendered to Turkey by MİT
Uğur Demirok, a Turkish businessman who went missing in Azerbaijan on Sept. 6, was abducted and illegally brought to Turkey by the National Intelligence...
Migrants killed in Evros wildfires victims of ‘two great injustices of our times’: Amnesty...
The death of 19 people believed to have been migrants and refugees in fires in northeastern Greece are victims of two great injustices of...
1-month-old baby accompanies mother jailed for alleged links to Gülen movement
Burcu Levent, a mother of two who was arrested on December 28 in the central Turkish province of Konya for alleged links to the...
Syrians in Turkey’s earthquake zone grapple with outbreaks and poor living conditions
Syrian refugees in Turkey’s earthquake zone are contending with contagious diseases and poor living conditions, the Duvar news website reported.
Speaking to journalist Burcu Özkaya Günaydın,...
Attacks on 4 Alevi institutions in Turkish capital ‘organized and planned,’ lawyer says
Attacks targeting four Alevi houses of worship (cemevis) and associations in the Turkish capital of Ankara on Saturday were “organized and planned beforehand,” Turkish...
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