30 Turks a day have fled to Greece since snap election decision
Thirty Turks have fled to Greece daily since the announcement of snap elections in Turkey on June 24, the Greek Kathimerini newspaper reported.
According to...
Teacher dismissed and convicted over Gülen links dies of brain hemorrhage
Hatice Kahraman, a 40-year-old former teacher who was dismissed from her job by a government decree as part of purges that followed a 2016...
AKP ministers left 23,000 parliamentary questions from MPs unanswered in five years
The ministers of the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) have failed to answer one-third of the parliamentary questions directed to them by lawmakers...
Turkey ranks second in jailing journalists: Committee to Protect Journalists
Turkey ranks second after China in jailing journalists, according to the annual global survey of the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ), which was published...
At least 212 workers died in Turkey in May, annual toll hits 835
At least 212 people died in work-related incidents across Turkey in May, bringing the death toll for the first five months of 2026 to...
42,1 percent think Turkish lira depreciating due to foreign plot against Turkey
According to a recent poll, 42,1 percent of the Turkish public believes that the loss in value of the Turkish lira against the US...
Veteran Turkish actor who stood trial on Erdoğan insult charges dies at 86
Genco Erkal, a distinguished Turkish actor and director known for his extensive contributions to Turkish theater and cinema as well as his political activism...
55-year-old ailing inmate who completed prison sentence forced to serve 3 more months
Nesip Yapıcı, a 55-year-old ailing inmate who has been behind bars in Turkey for 12 and a half years, has been forced to serve...
Turkey’s interior minister denies strip-search claims, brands rights advocate MP a ‘terrorist’: report
Turkish Interior Minister Süleyman Soylu denied recent claims made by pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) deputy Ömer Faruk Gergerlioğlu that police strip-search detainees, accusing...
Turkey’s Constitutional Court faults Gülen-linked conviction based mainly on ByLock app use
Turkey’s Constitutional Court has ruled that a former teacher’s terrorism conviction violated his right to a fair trial because lower courts relied mainly on...
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