Greece clears long-used Kurdish shelter slated for demolition
Greek police on Wednesday said they had a cleared a condemned building near Athens where Kurdish refugees had lived for decades, a move criticized...
Turkey continues to misuse INTERPOL databases to target political dissidents: report
The Turkish government, which critics say falsely registers dissidents’ passports as lost, stolen or revoked to facilitate their deportation to Turkey, where they often...
Systemic problems are causing spike in measles cases, warns TTB
Problems in Turkey’s healthcare system and incorrect policies are causing a surge in measles cases in the country, the Turkish Medical Association (TTB) warned.
Speaking...
22 women in Turkey fell victim to femicide in June
Twenty-two women were murdered by men in Turkey last month, while 27 died under suspicious circumstances, according to data from the We Will Stop Femicide Platform...
Media worker detained in southeastern Turkey
Kadir Bayram, a cameraman for Piya Productions, was detained in the early hours of Tuesday in Turkey’s southeastern province of Diyarbakır, the Evrensel daily reported.
According...
Turkish poet gets suspended sentence on terrorist propaganda charges
Turkish poet Ahmet Telli has been handed down a suspended 10-month sentence on charges of spreading terrorist propaganda, Turkish Minute reported, citing the Media...
Erdoğan blames France riots on ‘institutional racism’
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on Monday blamed France’s nationwide riots on “institutional racism” and the country’s colonial past, Agence France-Presse reported.
The French government...
Kocaeli residents stage demonstration against Syrian refugees in wake of neighborhood dispute
A demonstration against Syrian refugees took place on Sunday morning in Kocaeli province’s Dilovası district, Turkish media reported.
Demonstrators shouted they no longer wanted Syrians...
136 women in Turkey fell victim to femicide in the first half of this...
A total of 136 women were murdered by men in Turkey in the first six months of this year, while 114 died under suspicious...
26 inmates died in Turkish prisons in first 6 months of year: opposition MP
Twenty-six inmates died in Turkish prisons in the first six months of 2023, the ANKA news agency reported, citing Ömer Faruk Gergerlioğlu, a lawmaker from...
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