Turkey’s economic crisis leads to increase in mental health problems, say experts
Psychiatrists say a worsening economic crisis and unemployment have resulted in an increase in mental health problems among the Turkish population, the Birgün daily reported.
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Turkish court seeks Interpol Red Notice for prominent publisher Zarakolu
A Turkish court has decided to seek an Interpol Red Notice for Ragıp Zarakolu, a publisher, writer, and free speech activist, as well as...
Council of Europe reaffirms support for Istanbul Convention amid Turkey’s possible withdrawal from treaty
The Committee on Equality and Non-Discrimination of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) on September 11 released a statement and reaffirmed...
Senior Turkish judges’ Strasbourg visit sparks backlash over non-implemented ECtHR rulings
Turkey, which has the highest number of applications pending before the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR), attracted criticism after senior members of the...
Dismissed teacher jailed in Turkey’s post-coup purge dies by suicide
A Turkish opposition lawmaker said Sunday that a teacher dismissed under a government decree over alleged links to the faith-based Gülen movement died by...
922 more, including 120 academics, 190 diplomats, dismissed by Turkish government
With two new decrees that Turkey issued on Friday morning, enabled by state of emergency powers, 922 more people, including 120 academics and 190...
Turkey ordered detention of 173 people over alleged Gülen links in a week
Turkish prosecutors have over the past week ordered the detention of 173 people due to alleged links to the Gülen movement, according to local...
Turkish gov’t detains at least 25 people over alleged links to Gülen movement
The Turkish government on Wednesday issued detention warrants for 56 people and detained at least 25 as part of its massive post-coup witch hunt...
Turkey’s CHP and AKP trade barbs over claims of President Erdoğan’s off-shore accounts
Turkey's main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) is set on Tuesday to challenge a statement by Turkish autocratic President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan that he...
Hundreds of families in Şırnak waiting for new homes 8 years after devastating clashes
Many families in Şırnak whose houses were destroyed during a 2015 episode of violence between the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) and the security forces,...
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