Greece, Turkey introduce new rules for minority schools in controversial moves
Turkey’s Education Ministry has introduced new restrictions affecting Greek minority schools in İstanbul, reciprocating a similar move by Greece for Muslim minority schools in...
Turkey’s pro-gov’t daily targets Doğan media, suggest gov’t seizure of Hürriyet
The pro-government Türkiye daily and its columnists targeted the Doğan media group on Wednesday and suggested that the government seize its largest media outlet,...
Judge denies motion to dismiss, says Atilla case will proceed to sentencing
The federal judge presiding over an Iran sanctions trial has denied a motion by Turkish banker Mehmet Hakan Atilla to dismiss an indictment against...
Jailed police chief Anadolu Atayün’s wife also jailed by Turkish government
Turkish government has jailed Birsen Atayün, the wife of jailed police chief Anadolu Atayün, on Monday, just days after her 15-year-old son and 17-year-old...
Erdoğan gov’t witch-hunt targets 118 officers in new crackdown on Gülen movement
As part of a relentless witch-hunt that has been ongoing for years against the Gülen movement, Turkish authorities on Tuesday detained 72 members of...
UNICEF: 11 children killed in Afrin during Turkish military operation
Children are being killed across Syria in the ongoing civil war, with 11 killed in the Kurdish-held district of Afrin since the start of...
Minister accuses Kurdish villagers allegedly tortured by Turkish soldiers of aiding terrorists: report
Turkey’s interior minister, Süleyman Soylu, has claimed that Kurdish villagers Servet Turgut and Osman Şiban, who were allegedly tortured by Turkish security forces in...
Far-right leader attacks EU report calling for sanctions on Turkish officials, action on Grey...
Turkey’s far-right Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) leader Devlet Bahçeli on Tuesday criticized a recent European Parliament report on Turkey that called on the European...
7 Turkish students face jail for allegedly insulting Erdoğan during İmamoğlu protests
A Turkish prosecutor is seeking prison sentences for seven university students accused of insulting President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan in slogans chanted at a rally...
17 jailed lawyers in Turkey stage hunger strike to protest unfair court hearings
Seventeen lawyers including Selçuk Kozağaçlı, president of the now-closed Progressive Lawyers’ Association (ÇHD), have begun a hunger strike in protest of the difficulties they...
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