2 workers at university café fired for taking photo with ‘no’ sign for referendum
Two workers at a café at İzmir’s Katip Çelebi University were fired by their subcontractor employer after they shared a photo of them on...
IAJ President Regnard says the rule of law ends in Turkey
Christophe Regnard, President of The International Association of Judges (IAJ), has defined the situation in Turkey as “the end of the rule of law”...
Thousands of fruit trees destroyed over ‘security concerns’ in SE Turkey
Ordered by the local gendarmerie command in Turkey’s Şırnak province, village guards cut down thousands of fruit trees in the province due to security...
2 daughters of jailed police intel chief arrested over alleged links to Gülen movement
Fatma Saadet Yılmazer and Rabia Fitnat Yılmazer, daughters of jailed former police intelligence chief Ali Fuat Yılmazer, were arrested by an İstanbul court on...
Romanian police seize passport upon Turkey’s demand
Romanian police on March 25 seized the passport of Soner Cesur, a Turkish businessman with investments in Romania upon a demand made by the...
Court denies judge recusal request from journalists standing trial for alleged Gülen links
An İstanbul court on Monday rejected a request for the recusal of a judge made by journalists who are standing trial over alleged links...
Galatasaray to face terror probe over Şükür, Erdem decision
Amid claims that trustees will be appointed to the Galatasaray Sports Club, the Galatasaray general assembly, which declined to expel of two of its...
Iran accuses Turkish gov’t of abusing humanitarian issues for politics
Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Bahram Ghasemi has slammed recent remarks by a Turkish government official suggesting that 3 million refugees are getting ready to...
Interior Ministry to pay TL707,000 compensation to Gezi victim’s family
An Eskişehir court has convicted Turkey’s Interior Ministry to pay a compensation of TL707,000 to the family of Ali İsmail Korkmaz, who was killed...
Minister under fire for abusing a child for government propaganda
Minister for Environment and Urbanization Mehmet Özhaseki has attracted criticism for posing for a photo with a child which was made to hold a...
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