Turkish government using AI tool to predict alleged ‘terrorist group’ links
Turkey’s justice ministry is deploying artificial intelligence to scrutinize legal documents for associations with groups designated as terrorists by Ankara, a practice that experts...
No ruling from top court in case of maid found dead in AKP deputy’s...
Although it has been 27 months since an application was filed at Turkey’s Constitutional Court regarding the suspicious death of an Uzbek maid in...
Turkish gov’t cancels financial aid of students protesting Erdoğan-appointed rector
Turkish authorities have canceled the student loans and scholarships of at least 100 university students because they participated in protests against the appointment of...
73-year-old inmate dies of cancer shortly after his release
Ehettin Kaynar, 73, succumbed to cancer on Sunday in eastern Turkey's Iğdır province, two months after he was belatedly released from prison despite his...
Turkey orders detention of 164 suspects in ongoing crackdown on Gülen movement
The Ankara Chief Public Prosecutor’s Office on Tuesday issued detention warrants for 164 suspects, including soldiers and scientists, in five separate investigations into followers...
Former CHP leader visits İmamoğlu in prison amid growing political crackdown
Former main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) leader Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu visited İstanbul Mayor Ekrem İmamoğlu in Marmara Prison on Thursday, holding a nearly four-hour...
Turkey had the highest number of occupational fatalities in Europe in 2018: report
Turkey ranked first in Europe in the number of fatal workplace accidents in 2018, with 1,541 work-related deaths, Euronews Turkish reported, citing the European...
Opposition mayor among 21 detained in İstanbul dawn raids in bid-rigging probe
Turkish police detained another main opposition party mayor in İstanbul along with 20 others in pre-dawn raids, part of a bid-rigging and corruption investigation,...
6 human rights defenders and politicians arrested on terrorism charges
Six human rights activists and politicians who were detained along with others during police operations in the eastern Turkish province of Malatya on Tuesday...
Slain captain’s wife refuses to shake hands with Turkish army chief Akar
Sevim Üçöz, the widow of a captain who was killed in a terrorist attack in southeastern Turkey on Tuesday, refused to shake hands with...
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Throughout the year Turkey continued...
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Sippenhaft, also known as...