Turkish hospital car park becomes makeshift morgue after earthquake
Rania Zaboubi scours body bags laid out in the car park of a hospital in southern Turkey in search of her uncle who went...
Brother of young woman found dead in AKP deputy’s home demands justice
The brother of Nadira Kadirova, a young woman from Uzbekistan who was found dead in the home of ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP)...
Turkey’s intelligence service abducts journalist İnan from Ukraine over Gülen links
Yusuf İnan, a Turkish journalist, was abducted by agents of Turkey's notorious National Intelligence Organisation (MİT) in Ukraine and transported to Turkey on Sunday...
Lawyers taking murder case of Kurdish rights lawyer to top court after appeals court...
Lawyers representing the family of slain Kurdish human rights lawyer Tahir Elçi are taking his case to Turkey’s Constitutional Court after a regional appeals...
Jailed academic not allowed to attend wife’s funeral
Academic Namık Kemal Karabiber, who is serving a prison sentence that he will complete in 17 days, was not allowed to attend his wife's...
New law to require teachers to undergo security checks prior to employment, raising fears...
An amendment to a previously rejected bill proposed by Turkey's ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) has added teachers to a group of public...
Turkish court rules to keep Zaman columnist Ali Ünal in jail
A high criminal court in the western Turkish province of Uşak has refused to release Ali Ünal, a theologian and former columnist for the...
Prosecutors seek to replace İstanbul bar chairman, executives on terror propaganda charges
Turkish prosecutors have filed a lawsuit against the İstanbul Bar Association for “disseminating terrorist propaganda” over its calls for a probe into journalist deaths...
2 children accompany mother in prison serving sentence on conviction of links to Gülen...
Zehre Gürsoy, a mother of four who was arrested on January 30 in the western Turkish province of Edirne to serve a sentence on...
Turkish Supreme Court of Appeals judge-rapporteur slammed for sexist legal guide
A judge-rapporteur from Turkey’s Supreme Court of Appeals has been slammed for sexist remarks in his newly published book, titled "A Public Prosecutor’s Duty...
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