Child worker accounts reveal plight of Syrian refugees in Turkey
The personal accounts of child workers who work 12 hours a day for a fraction of the minimum wage while having to endure social...
Ankara Bar under investigation for alleging homophobic remarks by Turkey’s Religious Affairs Directorate president
The Turkish Ministry of Justice has ordered an investigation into the president and board members of the Ankara Bar Association for "offending the values...
Post-coup crackdown in Turkey has torn families apart, CBC says
Canada’s state-run CBC news website said Saturday, on the anniversary of a controversial coup in Turkey last year, that thousands of families have been...
EP’s Harms calls on Georgia not to extradite Emre Çabuk to Turkey
Rebecca Harms, European Parliament member and Co-President of Euronest PA, called on the Georgian government on Tuesday not to extradite Mustafa Emre Çabuk to...
German-Kurdish footballer Naki accuses Özil of hypocrisy on racism
Deniz Naki, a Kurdish footballer who has been targeted by the Turkish government led by President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan for his political views in...
Turkish government’s new method of diplomatic retaliation: Changing street signs
Turkish government has used e new method of diplomatic retaliation to punish the states that it has tension in bilateral relations: Changing the street...
Turkey’s President Erdoğan, PM Yıldırım vow to annihilate followers of Gülen movement
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Turkey's autocratic President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and Prime Minister Binali Yıldırım have vowed on Wednesday evening to annihilate every each member of the Gülen movement...
Turkey’s Erdoğan says indictment against guards scandalous, US protecting Gülen movement
Turkey’s autocratic President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on Friday called a recent US indictment against his bodyguards for violently attacking protesters in Washington, D.C., “scandalous,”...
Turkish court accepts ‘you are not guilty’ note as crime evidence
High Criminal Court in Turkey's Bolu province has assessed a note found at the house of an alleged member of the Gülen movement saying "They...
Female refugee in İstanbul attacked, threatened by neighbors, insulted by police: report
A refugee who has been living in İstanbul with her children for four months was beaten up and threatened by neighbors and insulted at...
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