EP calls on Frontex to review operations in Greece over migrant pushbacks
The European Parliament has passed a resolution urging Frontex, the European Union agency for common external border management, to “scale down and repurpose” its...
Woman suffering from cancer left to take care of disabled son alone after husband’s...
A woman suffering from cancer said in a letter yesterday she had been struggling to take care of her disabled son since the jailing...
Police intentionally killed student at 2017 Nevruz celebrations: expert report
An expert report has revealed that university student and musician Kemal Kurkut was deliberately killed by a police officer during Nevruz celebrations in 2017.
During the...
8 more detained in Antalya bribery probe amid crackdown on main opposition
Turkish police have detained eight more people in an expanding bribery and money laundering investigation targeting the Antalya Metropolitan Municipality, where the mayor, Muhittin...
Turkey abducts two alleged Gülen followers from Algeria
Turkey’s National Intelligence Organization (MİT) has renditioned two men from Algeria as part of its international abduction campaign against alleged members of the faith-based...
Inmates in Turkish prisons complain of lack of heating and inadequate amount of food
Amid an economic downturn inmates in Turkish prisons have complained that new austerity measures introduced by the government in June have resulted in a...
Pro-Kurdish party’s co-chair under investigation for alleged terrorist propaganda
Sezai Temelli, the co-chair of the pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP), is being investigated for allegedly spreading “terrorist propaganda,” Turkish media reported on Tuesday.
The...
Turkey charges 4 journalists with aiding criminal organization in İmamoğlu indictment
Four Turkish journalists have been charged with aiding a criminal organization and publicly spreading false information in an indictment that also seeks up to...
1,929 workers died in occupational accidents in 2023: İSİG
Turkey has recorded at least 1,929 deaths in work-related accidents throughout 2023, the Artı Gerçek news website reported, citing the Health and Safety Labour...
3 Syrian men killed in alleged hate crime in Turkey’s İzmir province: report
Three Syrian men were killed in an alleged hate crime in Turkey's İzmir province, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR) reported on Monday.
According...
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