Turkish gov’t detains 3 people as fleeing from Turkey to Greece
Turkish government has detained three people at the Turkey-Greece border region in Edirne province as they were trying to flee from Turkey to Greece...
Female inmates in Çorum prison struggling with overcrowding and poor conditions
Family members of female inmates in central Turkey’s Çorum prison have complained of poor conditions and overcrowding, the Bold Medya news website reported.
Many inmates were...
3,960 die in workplace accidents across Turkey under state of emergency
A total of 3,960 people died in workplace accidents across Turkey under a state of emergency (OHAL) that was in effect between July 21,...
Turkey bans journalism awards ceremony due to state of emergency
The Beyoğlu district governor’s office in İstanbul banned a journalism awards ceremony named after Kurdish dissident writer and activist Musa Anter and planned to...
Amnesty report highlights severe restrictions on peaceful protest in Turkey
Amnesty International's latest report, released on Tuesday, highlights escalating restrictions and punitive measures against peaceful protesters in Turkey, undermining the right to peaceful assembly.
Turkey...
COMMENTARY — Erdoğan has ruined the lives of 1 million people in Turkey
By Abdullah Bozkurt
The criminal investigations, prosecutions and trials in politically motivated cases on trumped-up terrorism and coup plotting charges have ruined the lives of...
Erdoğan cleric says Muslims will have one state when conditions are right
Hayrettin Karaman, a leading theologian and issuer of fatwas, or religious edicts, for ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) circles and Turkish autocratic President...
Opposition İYİ Party asks Turkish parliament to declare China’s treatment of Uyghurs ‘genocide’
Turkey’s right-wing opposition İYİ (Good) Party has asked the Turkish parliament to declare the Chinese treatment of its Uyghur Muslim minority "genocide" in accordance...
Bar association executives acquitted for 6th time in Armenian genocide commemoration statement
A court has acquitted 11 executives of the Diyarbakır Bar Association in southeastern Turkey of charges stemming from a 2021 statement commemorating the victims...
Turkish Deputy PM Şimşek: Rumors of Halkbank fine limit central bank’s effect on TL
Turkish Deputy Prime Minister Mehmet Şimşek has claimed that a decision made by the Turkish Central Bank to increase interest rates only had a...
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