Turkish government jails 197 children on terror charges
Some 197 children were in prison on terror charges and a total of 2,767 children between the ages of 12 and 18 were in...
Front Line Defenders calls on Turkey to stop harassment of rights defenders in quake...
Front Line Defenders has called on Turkish authorities to stop the violence, legal harassment, arbitrary arrests and threats against human rights defenders in the...
Turkey ignores European deadline to release businessman Kavala
A Turkish court on Monday extended the detention of a civil society leader, ignoring a deadline from Europe’s top human rights body to release...
Report: Flynn’s firm produced an unfinished anti-Gülen documentary
Former US national security adviser Michael Flynn’s lobbying firm produced an unfinished documentary last fall to boost Turkey’s image and defame US-based Turkish Islamic...
Turkish court says former public servant should be issued passport in landmark decision
An administrative court in central Turkey's Konya province has ruled that a former public servant summarily removed from his job by an executive decree...
139 workers died in occupational accidents in Turkey in May: report
A total of 139 people died in workplace accidents in Turkey in May, according to a monthly report by the Health and Safety Labor...
Detention warrant issued for national swimmer over Erdoğan COVID tweet
Turkish prosecutors have issued an arrest warrant for former national swimmer Derya Büyükuncu due to a tweet he posted about the health of President...
One in three children in Turkey lives in poverty: UNICEF
One-third of children in Turkey are living in poverty, the Artı Gerçek news website reported, citing the latest child poverty report released by the...
Turkey to sell furniture giant Bellona, seized after 2016 coup attempt
The Turkish government has started preparations to sell Bellona, a leading furniture brand seized from its original owners in 2016 as part of a...
Turkey’s pro-gov’t media now accuses world-famous pop singer Tarkan of Gülen links
Ersin Ramoğlu, a columnist for the Sabah daily, on Monday accused world-famous Turkish pop star Tarkan Tevetoğlu, aka Tarkan, along with renowned comedian Cem...
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