Earthquake anger ebbs in Erdoğan’s stronghold ahead of vote
Latif Dalyan offers shirts and sweatpants at knock-down prices to Turkey’s earthquake victims from a storefront surrounded by piles of debris, Agence France-Presse reported.
The...
157.248 children living in poverty in Turkey, says CHP lawmaker
Republican People’s Party (CHP) deputy Murat Emir has revealed that 157.248 children in Turkey are living in poverty, to the extent that their families...
13 inmates died in Turkish prisons in the first 3 months of this year,...
Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) lawmaker Ömer Faruk Gergerlioğlu said on Monday that 13 inmates had died in Turkish prisons in the first three months...
Turkish court upholds sentence given to police officer convicted of killing Berkin Elvan
A regional appeals court in İstanbul has upheld a prison sentence handed down to a police officer who was convicted of causing the death...
7 university students among 35 detained over alleged Gülen links
Thirty-five people, including seven university students, were detained on Tuesday on warrants issued by Turkish prosecutors for alleged links to the Gülen movement, a...
Seasonal workers attacked by locals in southwest Turkey for speaking Kurdish
Three Kurdish seasonal workers were allegedly attacked on Monday for speaking Kurdish by a group of locals in Bodrum, a popular tourist destination in...
Kılıçdaroğlu vows to repeal law on insulting president if elected
Leader of Turkey’s main opposition Republican People’s Party and presidential candidate Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu has promised to repeal a law that is used to prosecute...
UN reveals involvement of Turkish intelligence agents in torture sessions in Syria: report
A report issued by a United Nations commission on February 7, 2023 reveals the involvement of Turkish officials in the torture of victims who...
Novelist says censorship of book is government’s attempt to suppress differences of opinion
Novelist Ahmet Ümit, the sale of whose book was restricted in March for alleged obscenity, said the decision was a result of the Turkish...
Istanbul court issues access bans on 30 news reports upon request of radical Islamist...
The Istanbul 8th Criminal Court of Peace in one week issued access bans on 30 news reports upon the request of the radical Islamist...
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