Earthquakes hit one-fifth of Turkey’s food production: UN
The devastating earthquakes that hit southern Turkey and neighboring Syria in February damaged more than 20 percent of Turkey’s agricultural production, Agence France-Presse reported,...
World leaders committed to strengthening democracy, defending against transnational threats and repression
World leaders who gathered for an online democracy summit have committed to bolstering democracy and combatting authoritarian trends, protecting human rights, promoting the rule...
Turkey’s elections are more vulnerable than Zimbabwe, Pakistan polls: Freedom House
According to an index newly created by Freedom House, Turkey’s May 14 presidential and parliamentary elections are among the most vulnerable in the world,...
Inmates suffering from COVID-19 unable to see doctor in Aksaray prison: report
Ahmet Göksu, who is jailed in Turkey’s central province of Aksaray, has told his family that inmates suffering from COVID-19 cannot access proper healthcare...
Erdoğan harassed top court judges over removal of freeze on HDP funds: report
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan telephoned some members of Turkey’s Constitutional Court earlier this month to account for their decision to remove a freeze...
35 children affected by quakes await identification: Turkey’s Family, Social Services Ministry
The Family and Social Services Ministry has announced that 35 children who have been affected by major earthquakes that hit southern Turkey in early...
$522 mln in assets confiscated in Sakarya province since 2016, says parliamentary candidate
Turkish authorities have confiscated $522 million worth of assets belonging to people with alleged links to the Gülen movement in the northwestern province of...
Jailed Kurdish journalists indicted on terrorism charges 10 months after detention
Twenty-one people, the vast majority of whom are Kurdish journalists detained in southeastern Diyarbakır province in June 2022, have been indicted on terrorism charges...
Turkey’s exclusion from democracy summit related to democracy, rights record: White House
The absence of Turkey and Hungary, both members of NATO, from an online democracy summit held by US President Joe Biden this week has...
IFRC warns of presence of asbestos and its impacts in Turkey’s quake zone
The International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) has warned of the presence of asbestos in buildings affected by devastating earthquakes...
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