54 active duty and former officers face detention warrants over Gülen links
Turkish prosecutors have issued detention warrants for 54 former and active duty officers over their alleged links to the Gülen movement, accused by the...
4 workers rescued after chrome mine collapses in eastern Turkey
Four workers were rescued after getting trapped when a mine collapsed in eastern Turkey, Turkish Minute reported on Monday, citing Agence France-Presse.
The incident comes...
Crackdown on the Kurdish Political Movement and Opposition Groups: 2023 in Review
The Turkish government’s persecution of the Kurdish political movement and pressures on other opposition groups persisted throughout 2023, a year in which Turkey held...
Ex-governor’s son among 10 jailed as probe into disappearance of Kurdish student deepens
The son of a former provincial governor was arrested over the weekend in an investigation into the 2020 disappearance of university student Gülistan Doku,...
Turkey orders detention of 102 suspects including military members over Gülen links: report
Turkish prosecutors in the last three days have ordered the detention of 102 suspects, including active duty soldiers, as part of a post-coup crackdown...
Turkey, Syria quake could affect up to 23 million people: WHO
Up to 23 million people could be affected by the massive earthquake that has killed thousands in Turkey and Syria, the WHO warned on...
25 women across Turkey murdered in male-perpetrated violence in March
A women rights group called the "We Will Stop the Killing of Women Platform" (Kadın Cinayetlerini Durduracağız Platformu, or KCDP) released a report on...
Twitter back online in Turkey after restrictions: report
Twitter was blocked for at least 12 hours on major Turkish mobile providers in an outage that ended early Thursday, following a flurry of...
Erdoğan to Macron: It is a value to meet Turkey’s president
Turkish Presidency official Twitter account posted on Wednesday a picture of French President Emmanuel Macron and Turkey's autocratic President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan with a...
Sanctions imposed on Halk TV for coverage of Kurdish father given son’s remains in...
The Radio and Television Supreme Council (RTÜK), Turkey’s broadcasting watchdog, has imposed penalties on the pro-opposition Halk TV due to its coverage of the...
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