Wikipedia launches campaign against censorship in Turkey
Wikipedia, the web-based non-profit reference site, started a new campaign today to reach one of the few countries in the world in which it has...
Survey shows female journalists in Turkey subjected to discrimination, violence
Fifty-five female journalists in Turkey have said they have been subjected to discrimination and violence in the media sector and that they don’t receive...
Turkish court gives life sentences to 65 defendants from Naval Forces Command in coup...
A high criminal court in Ankara has handed down aggravated life sentences to 47 defendants and life sentences to 18 defendants from the Naval...
42-year-old Gülen-linked cancer patient dies due to Turkish prison authorities’ negligence
Forty-two-year-old Deniz Hakan Şen, who was detained by Turkish police and later jailed by a court in October 2017 over alleged links to the...
Cellmate says tortured teacher was hurt more by insults than beatings by Turkish police
An expert in forensic medicine who shared a cell with Gökhan Açıkkollu, a teacher who was tortured to death while under detention in the...
Turkish Culture Ministry seizes administration of musical work owners society
The Culture Ministry has appointed a panel of trustees to the Musical Work Owners Society of Turkey (MESAM), ousting the existing management ahead of...
Turkish court refuses to release Greek soldiers detained in border region
A Turkish court on Monday rejected a request for the release of two Greek soldiers who were arrested for illegally trespassing on Turkish soil.
Prosecutors...
Turkish gov’t detains 169 people in a week over social media posts against Afrin...
The Turkish government detained 169 people last week over their alleged social media posts criticising a Turkish military campaign in the Afrin province of...
Forty-seven women killed by men in February across Turkey
At least forty-seven women were victims of violence across Turkey in February, according to a report released by the "Stop Femicide!" platform.
The platform in...
Turkish gov’t demands that Germany arrest, extradite Salih Muslim
Turkish government has demanded that Germany arrest and extradite Salih Muslim, the former co-chairperson of the Syrian Kurdish Democratic Union Party (PYD), the state-run...
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