35 arrested over pro-Kurdish protests against Syria offensive: minister
Turkish Justice Minister Yılmaz Tunç said on Tuesday that prosecutors have opened investigations into 356 people in Turkey protesting a Damascus offensive against Kurdish...
2 refugees severely beaten by security officers in Turkish repatriation center
Two refugees, one Syrian and the other Palestinian, were severely beaten by security officers at a repatriation center in Turkey's western İzmir province on...
Biggest problem faced by women in Turkey is domestic violence, survey shows
A survey conducted by the Ankara-based Metropoll in March has revealed that domestic violence is the biggest problem faced by women in Turkey, Turkish...
Syrian students promised high school education by Turkish gov’t-linked NPO sent back home
Syrian students who were promised a high school education in Turkey by a Turkish non-profit organization have been stripped of their scholarships and sent...
Kurdish journalist faces terrorism financing charges
Diyarbakır prosecutors have filed charges against journalist Nurcan Yalçın, seeking up to 10 years in prison on charges of financing terrorism, the Media and...
Kyrgyz authorities have no right to search Turkish Embassy for İnandı: interior ministry
Kyrgyz authorities have no right to carry out a search of Turkey’s diplomatic premises in Bishkek for educator Orhan İnandı, who is allegedly being...
Turkish judges and prosecutors jailing people over ByLock could be prosecuted abroad for crimes...
Kerem Gülay, an academic from Turkey’s Koç University, said judges and prosecutors who are responsible for the mass incarceration of people for Gülen movement...
Boğaziçi University’s students protest partisan rector appointed by Turkey’s Erdoğan at graduation ceremony
Students at Turkey's prestigious Boğaziçi University staged a protest at their graduation ceremony against its pr0-Erdoğan and partisan rector Mehmed Özkan who was appointed by...
Woman who suffered brain hemorrhage in police detention handcuffed to hospital bed
A female detainee who suffered a brain hemorrhage in detention and was unable to move was handcuffed by police to her hospital bed, the...
31 women killed by men, 21 more died under suspicious circumstances in Turkey in...
Thirty-one women were murdered by men in Turkey in January and 21 more died under suspicious circumstances, the Artı Gerçek news website reported on...
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