Court accepts indictment accusing journalist of ‘targeting public officials’
An İstanbul court has accepted an indictment seeking a prison sentence of up to three years for journalist Ayça Söylemez on charges of “targeting...
Turkish soldiers and police officers captured by PKK say they have been abandoned
Turkish soldiers and police officers captured by the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) have stated that they were abandoned to the hands of the...
Crackdown on Gülen movement continues with detention of 12 in run-up to elections
A crackdown on members of the Gülen movement is continuing with the detention of 12 people in the run-up to presidential and parliamentary elections...
Syrian refugee teen physically assaulted in southern Turkey
A 15-year-old Syrian refugee was brutally beaten by the family of a friend over a game dispute in the southern province of Gaziantep, the...
US hopeful Turkey will free pastor Brunson at Friday hearing
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Wednesday he was hopeful that Turkey would soon release an American pastor and end a two-year...
At least 425 workers died in occupational accidents in first quarter of 2024: İSİG
Turkey recorded at least 425 deaths in work-related accidents in the first quarter of this year, the BirGün newspaper reported on Monday, citing the...
Turkey’s top appeals court overturns prison sentence of parents of 6 on Gülen charges...
Turkey’s Supreme Court of Appeals has overturned the prison sentences of Nurcan and Abdülkadir Arslan, parents of quintuplets and one other child, citing an...
Rights violations against minors in Turkey have increased during the pandemic, children’s rights advocates...
The COVID-19 pandemic has caused an increase in rights violations against minors in Turkey, children’s rights advocates have said, speaking to the Bianet news...
Turkey’s confiscation of media companies taken to international tribunal
The Turkish government’s seizure of independent media companies is to be challenged in two international cases on the grounds that the multi-billion expropriations violate...
Single man with no child dismissed from public service for sending ‘his kids’ to...
Muhammed Zekeriya Özdil, a single man with no child, says according to the Inquiry Commission on the State of Emergency Measures (OHAL Commission) he...
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