Nearly 2,000 workers have died in occupational accidents in 2023: İSİG
Turkey has recorded at least 1,772 deaths in work-related accidents in the first 11 months of 2023, the Artı Gerçek news website reported, citing...
Turkish court sentences main opposition CHP’s deputy Berberoğlu for 5 years in prison
Turkey's main opposition Republican People’s Party's (CHP) jailed deputy Enis Berberoğlu was sentenced on Tuesday to 5 years and 10 months in prison. The...
Turkish police raid homes of members of pro-Kurdish HDP, detain 36 on terror charges
Turkish police raided the homes of members and officials of the pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) and the headquarters of an art association on...
Turkish government detains 6 more academics in anti-Gülen witch hunt campaign
Six academics including a rector were detained at Namık Kemal University in Tekirdağ due to alleged links to the faith-based Gülen movement, which is...
WHO: 167,000 people displaced from Afrin need urgent aid
An estimated 167,000 people have been displaced by recent hostilities in the Afrin province of northwestern Syria, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on...
President Erdoğan: Turkey’s destiny tied to AKP’s
Turkey's autocratic President and Chairman of the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has said Turkey’s destiny has become tied to...
Turkey’s TMSF to auction off companies seized over alleged Gülen links, sparking property rights...
Turkey’s Savings Deposit Insurance Fund (TMSF) has announced plans to auction off several companies and assets in September, including businesses seized over alleged links...
Columnist indicted on Erdoğan insult charges due to article on forest fires
A columnist for the left-wing Evrensel newspaper has been indicted on charges of insulting President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan in an opinion piece in which...
İstanbul city staff perp walked in front of media, sparking condemnation
Footage showing opposition mayors and İstanbul city officials being led single file in handcuffs by police has attracted backlash from the main opposition party...
Police detain Boğaziçi students for protesting arrest of their friends
Turkish police on Thursday used excessive force to detain at least seven students from İstanbul’s Boğaziçi University to prevent them from making a public...
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