Methane blast in Turkey mine kills 41
Rescuers on Saturday found the body of the last missing miner at a coal mine in northern Turkey, bringing the death toll to 41...
Purge victim working as bus driver stabbed to death on the job
Emrah Yıldız (34), a former sergeant in the Turkish military who was dismissed from the service by an emergency decree as part of a...
Student jumps to his death from Galata Tower over father’s imprisonment
Nahit Emre Güney, a 26-year-old university student, died on Wednesday after he jumped from the observation deck of Galata Tower, an İstanbul tourist destination,...
Woman who gave birth in jail imprisoned again over Gülen links
Serap Erdem, who was arrested when she was pregnant in September 2016 for alleged membership in the Gülen movement, was on Tuesday sent to...
Jailed Kurdish politician gets same sentence in retrial due to remarks about prosecutor
A Turkish court, in a retrial concluded on Friday, handed down a prison sentence of two-and-a-half years to jailed Kurdish politician Selahattin Demirtaş, the...
Backsliding in democracy continues in Turkey, European Commission says
The European Commission in its yearly report on Turkey released on Wednesday said democratic backsliding continued, underlining serious deficiencies in the functioning of the...
Caregiver of young man suffering from autism and epilepsy re-arrested for Gülen links
Çiğdem Tosun, the mother and the sole caregiver of a 20-year-old autistic man suffering from epilepsy, was detained for the second time on Monday...
Turkey seeks extradition of journalist in exile reporting on gov’t corruption
Turkey’s Justice Ministry is seeking the extradition of an investigative journalist living in exile in Germany from where he reports extensively on the Turkish...
29-year-old teacher with MS detained for the second time on Gülen charges
Teacher Meryem Karateke, a 29-year-old multiple sclerosis (MS) patient who was previously detained for alleged membership in the Gülen movement, was detained again on...
Turkish gov’t refuses to allow more than 120 German citizens to leave Turkey: report
Turkish authorities are refusing to allow more than 120 German citizens, many of whom are Turkish or Kurdish Germans, to leave the country due...
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