Turkish court rejects ailing philanthropist’s appeal for release from prison
The İzmir 2nd High Criminal Court has rejected an appeal from imprisoned 82-year-old businessman and philanthropist Yusuf Bekmezci to be released for proper medical care,...
Bosnian authorities reject Turkey’s request to extradite journalist due to lack of legal grounds
The Justice Ministry of Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) has put an end to Turkey’s persistent efforts to have a journalist living exile extradited to...
Turkey faces deepening healthcare crisis as 21,000 specialists quit public hospitals in last 13...
Turkey’s public healthcare system is confronting a growing shortage of doctors, with more than 21,000 specialists having resigned from state hospitals over the past...
INTERPOL does not name system abusers in order to preserve int’l police cooperation: secretary...
Jürgen Stock, the secretary general of INTERPOL, said in a recent “60 Minutes” interview on CBS News that while the organization is aware of abuses of...
Turkey’s post-coup decrees continue to wreak havoc on lives of purge victims: report
A joint report by two NGOs based in Europe has revealed that victims of a massive purge of state institutions by the Turkish government...
Pro-Erdoğan group hacks Twitter accounts of EU Commissioner Hahn, former NATO head
The Twitter accounts of European Commissioner for Enlargement Johannes Hahn and NATO's former Secretary-General Anders Fogh Rasmussen were taken over by Turkish hacker group Ayyıldız over...
New abuse case involving Ukrainian orphan surfaces in Turkey
A Turkish prosecutor opened a new case over the alleged abuse of a Ukrainian orphan, indicating that abuse allegations involving Ukrainian orphans sheltered in...
Celebrity gets suspended sentence for ‘insulting’ former soldier convicted of rape
A Turkish court has handed down a suspended sentence to popular actress Farah Zeynep Abdullah on insult charges due to her criticism of a...
Wife of former officer claims she suffered miscarriage after police beating
Hacer Karaşal, the wife of former gendarmerie 1st Lt. Recep Karaşal, said in an interview that she suffered a miscarriage after being beaten by...
Turkey’s top appeals court overturns sentences of 7 Cumhuriyet journalists
Turkey’s Supreme Court of Appeals has overturned the prison sentences handed down to seven former Cumhuriyet employees and ordered the release of five of...
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