Halk TV executives questioned as Turkey expands crackdown on opposition media
Turkish authorities have summoned two senior Halk TV executives for questioning, expanding an ongoing investigation into the pro-opposition news network after three of its...
Immense need to support millions of earthquake survivors living in shelters in Turkey, Syria:...
There is an immense need to support the millions of survivors living in shelters, camps and rural settlements in Turkey and Syria in the...
More than 13,000 underage marriages took place in Turkey last year: report
A total of 13,740 underage marriages took place in Turkey in 2020, according to a report published by the Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality on Friday.
The...
Afghan security forces raid Afghan-Turk Boys High School in Shibirghan
The Afghan-Turk Boys High School in Shibirghan was raided by members of the Afghan security forces under the command of Uzbek leader Abdul Rashid...
Two years on, Turkish authorities fail to properly address housing needs of earthquake victims
Two years after devastating earthquakes struck Turkey’s southern and southeastern provinces, authorities have failed to implement effective and transparent policies to address victims’ housing...
Only 10 percent of UN’s $1 billion flash appeal funded: report
Only 10 percent of the $1 billion flash appeal launched by the United Nations to support millions of Turkish people affected by devastating earthquakes...
Closure of trade unions, dismissal of workers over Gülen links violated freedom to associate,...
A UN agency setting labor standards has decided that the Turkish government violated UN conventions on labor by closing down trade unions and dismissing...
CHP deputy asks PM to stop arrest of women after giving birth in Turkey
Turkey's main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) İstanbul deputy Sezgin Tanrıkulu has asked Prime Minister Binali Yıldırım to halt the practice of arresting women immediately after...
Turkish Jewish business leader faces assassination threats decades after father’s murder
Turkish Jewish business leader İzzet Garih has filed a criminal complaint after receiving death threats and facing an attempted break-in at his company’s headquarters,...
Journalist Aren Yıldırım, editor of Bianet Kurdish, detained in İstanbul
Journalist Aren Yıldırım, editor of the Bianet Kurdish news website, was detained on Wednesday and taken to a police station in the Fatih district...
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