Turkey arrests pro-Kurdish party co-chair, provincial head on terrorism charges
A Turkish court has ruled for the arrest of the co-chair and the Diyarbakır provincial co-chair of the pro-Kurdish Democratic Regions Party (DBP) on...
Family of ailing inmate urges Turkish authorities for release amid deteriorating health
The family of Osman Çağlar, an ailing inmate whose health is deteriorating while in prison, has called on Turkish authorities to release him for...
Members of the US Congress urge release of political prisoners in Turkey
In a letter addressed to US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, members of the US Congress urged the US government to engage with the...
Woman, detained at hospital and jailed with 3-day-old baby over alleged Gülen links, released
Aysun Aydemir, was detained at the hospital just after giving birth to a baby in an elective caesarean procedure and subsequently arrested by a...
Turkish court rules on 2022 mine disaster, sparking outrage among victims’ families
A Turkish court on Tuesday sentenced multiple defendants in connection with a 2022 mining disaster that killed 42 miners, ruling that they acted with...
Turkey’s Ankara Mayor Gökçek hints ‘genocide’ for followers of Gülen movement
Melih Gökçek, the mayor of Turkey's capital city Ankara, has hinted a kind of "genocide" for alleged members of faith-based Gülen movement, in an...
Turkish teacher Ayşe Çelik released from Diyarbakır Prison
Turkish teacher Ayşe Çelik, who was jailed with her baby earlier this month on terror charges because she had said, “Don’t let children die”...
Turks seeking asylum in Germany hit record high in July
The number of Turkish citizens who applied for asylum in Germany increased dramatically following the June 24 elections in Turkey, hitting a record high...
Investigation launched into Turkish-Cypriot academic for insulting Erdoğan
A police investigation has been launched into Associate Professor Hasan Ulaş Altıok, a Turkish-Cypriot academic, on allegations of insulting Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan,...
28,380 workers have died in occupational accidents since ruling AKP came to power in...
A total of 28,380 people have died in workplace accidents in Turkey since the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) came to power in...
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