Another family calls on Turkish authorities to release ailing loved one from prison
The wife of a former teacher who was imprisoned for alleged links to the Gülen movement called on authorities to release her husband, saying...
Turkish minister boasts of drop in femicides as 217 women killed by men in...
Turkish Interior Minister Ali Yerlikaya has praised what he called a sharp decline in femicides this year, even as official data show that 217...
Purged Turkish teacher recounts 4 years in prison without news of children
A former English teacher dismissed in Turkey’s post-coup purge has recounted years of imprisonment, deteriorating health and family estrangement, including four years in prison...
No news received from Fahri Mert since he was abducted in Turkey’s İzmir 2...
His family and friends have not received any news from Fahri Mert (44), a Turkish citizen abducted in İzmir province two weeks ago, according...
Erdoğan: Kılıçdaroğlu will pay for warning German tourists against travel to Turkey
Turkey's autocratic President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan slammed the country's main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) leader Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu on Tuesday for his recent remarks...
Kurdish journalist from Turkey given ‘Human Rights Defenders at Risk’ award in Dublin
Irish human rights organization Front Line Defenders has named Turkey's Kurdish journalist Nurcan Baysal its Global Laureate for Human Rights Defenders at Risk for...
US, EU and UN slam Turkey’s handling of Boğaziçi University protests: report
Officials from the United States, the United Nations and the European Union have criticized Turkey’s handling of protests by students opposing the appointment of...
Turkish woman says she miscarried baby due to stress under police custody
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A Turkish woman, whose identity remains anonymous, has said in a recent video recording that she miscarried her baby due to the stress she...
Turkish Parliament extends state of emergency for 7th time
Turkey’s state of emergency was extended on Wednesday by three months for the seventh time as the Turkish Parliament passed a bill presented by...
COMMENTARY — Turkey is levying taxes on UN aid funds destined for the needy
By Abdullah Bozkurt
Although the Turkish government brags about how it has spent $30 billion on refugees, which many believe to be an inflated figure,...
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