Turkish court approves pro-Kurdish HDP deputy Baluken’s sentence of more than 16 years in...
A Turkish regional appeals court on Wednesday approved a prison sentence of 16 years, eight months handed down by a local court to pro-Kurdish...
Gülen follower attempting to flee Turkey to avoid prison detained
The authorities in northwest Turkey have detained a former teacher sentenced to prison due to her alleged links to the Gülen movement for attempting...
662 employees expelled from foreign ministry in post-coup purge: minister
Turkey has seen the expulsion of 662 personnel from its foreign ministry as part of a purge launched by the government in the aftermath...
Another purged public servant feared abducted by Turkish intelligence
Hüseyin Galip Küçüközyiğit, a former civil servant who was dismissed from his job by a government decree, has been missing since December 29, his...
Turkish gov’t detains closed Zaman daily’s lawyer Odabaşı over Gülen links
Turkish police detained now-closed Zaman daily's lawyer Ali Odabaşı allegedly as he was trying to escape persecution of the Justice and Development Party (AKP)...
Turkish public expresses concern over rising food costs as the new school year approaches
The Turkish public has voiced concerns over skyrocketing food costs, saying an increasing number of schoolchildren are being deprived of basic nutrition, the Gazete...
Turkey has deported hundreds of refugees to Syria: HRW
Turkish authorities arbitrarily arrested, detained and deported hundreds of Syrian refugee men and boys to Syria between February and July 2022, Turkish Minute reported,...
Occupational fatalities on the rise in Turkey as numbers reach 2,427 in 2020
A total of 2,427 people died in workplace accidents in Turkey in 2020, according to a report prepared by the Health and Safety Labor...
Turkish Interior Minister Soylu says pro-Kurdish presidential candidate Demirtaş belongs in jail
Turkish Interior Minister Süleyman Soylu said on Tuesday that Selahattin Demirtaş, the jailed presidential candidate of the pro-Kurdish Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP), fitted the...
Inmates in Turkish prison put in solitary for performing Kurdish folk dance
Fifteen inmates in Turkey’s Batman prison have been put in solitary confinement for 15 days as punishment for performing a traditional Kurdish folk dance,...
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