Turkey ranked 116th among 140 countries in global rule of law index
Turkey was ranked 116th among 140 countries in the rule of law index published by the World Justice Project (WJP) on Wednesday, Turkish Minute reported.
Turkey ranked...
Relatives, lawyers among those detained during protest by Saturday Mothers
Turkish police on Wednesday broke up a protest held by the Saturday Mothers, a group of activists and family members seeking the whereabouts of...
Turkish court rules to keep student in jail for protesting gov’t at Gezi victim...
An İstanbul court on Wednesday decided for a continuation of the imprisonment of Berkay Ustabaş, a student and secretary-general of the Revolutionary Youth Associations...
1,800-year-old church falling into disrepair due to delayed restoration
An 1,800-year-old Orthodox church in Turkey’s Muğla province is poised to fall into ruin due to its delayed restoration and neglect.
The Ministry of Culture...
New York Times: Turkey no safe zone for foreign political dissidents
The murder of Syrian mother-daughter activists Halla and Orouba Barakat in İstanbul highlights a growing fear among foreign political dissidents, especially women, that they aren’t...
Pro-gov’t columnist calls for arrest of Turkey’s main opposition leader and deputies
The staunchly pro-government and radical Islamist Yeni Akit daily columnist Mehtap Yılmaz on Monday called for the arrest of Turkey's main opposition Republican People’s...
2.5 million children need urgent humanitarian assistance in Turkey: UNICEF
Some 2.5 million children in Turkey need urgent humanitarian assistance in a region affected by devastating earthquakes on February 6, UNICEF Executive Director Catherine...
Davut Türkel, a 59-years-old detainee, dies under police custody in Turkey
59-years-old Davut Türkel was added to the list of those who suspiciously died under the custody of Turkish police in the aftermath of a...
Improvised explosive kills 3 Turkish soldiers, injures 3 in Syria’s Afrin
Three Turkish soldiers were killed and three others were wounded by an explosion on Thursday during a search operation in the Afrin province of...
Human rights organizations demand to know if Turkish authorities have taken precautions against COVID-19...
Human rights organizations demanded to know whether the Turkish Ministry of Justice had taken any precautions to prevent the spread of COVID-19 in prisons,...
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