Kyrgyz teacher at school taken over by Ankara-backed foundation detained in Turkey: report
A Kyrgyz math teacher who traveled to Turkey last week for a student competition has not been heard from since Turkish border authorities reportedly...
96 Refugee Workers Lost Their Lives in Turkey in 2016
A report by the Assembly of Worker Health and Occupational Safety (İSİG) has indicated that at least 96 refugee workers lost their lives in...
Severely sick Turkish journalist Balta not allowed to meet his family in prison
The veteran Turkish journalist Halil İbrahim Balta, who was arrested and put behind the bars after a controversial coup attempt on July 15, 2016,...
CoE fails to start infringement proceedings against Turkey in Kavala, Demirtaş cases
The Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe has failed to start infringement proceedings against Turkey due to the country’s non-compliance with European...
Working for Gülen-linked media, doubting gov’t coup story not grounds for terror charges: ECtHR
The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has ruled in the case of prominent journalist Nazlı Ilıcak that working for media outlets close to...
182 released from custody, 35 referred to court among May Day detainees in İstanbul
Among 217 people who were detained during May Day demonstrations in İstanbul on Wednesday, 182 have been released from police custody, while 35 have...
Boğaziçi students investigated for calling for release of their friends on social media
Four Boğaziçi University students were detained today for issuing a call on social media for the release of friends who were taken into custody...
Former cadet serving life sentence on coup charges reportedly on verge of suicide
Muhammed Macit, a former cadet serving a life sentence in Ankara, recently told a visitor he was considering suicide, the Tr724 news website reported.
During...
Over 41,000 education staff dismissed since 2016 coup attempt in Turkey
A total of 34,000 teachers have been dismissed along with 5,882 academics and 1,372 administrative personnel from universities in Turkey as part of a...
Turkey records 961 work-related deaths in the first half of 2025
Turkey recorded at least 961 work-related accidents in the first six months of this year, according to a recent report by the Health and Safety Labor Watch...
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