Turkey’s main opposition leader vows to send Syrian refugees back home
Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu, the leader of Turkey’s main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP), has promised to send Syrians who took refuge in Turkey fleeing the...
Turkish Parliament approves bill extending state of emergency powers for another year
A new bill extending state of emergency regulations for another year has been approved by the Turkish Parliament despite objections from opposition parties and...
8-months-pregnant woman claims she was severely beaten by police in Şırnak
Eight months pregnant Hatice Baykara, 28, has claimed she was severely beaten by police officers during a raid on her home on Friday in...
Turkish police beat and detain 19 people commemorating victims of 2015 ISIS attack in...
Police beat and detained 19 people on Sunday in Adana province during a commemoration of the 33 victims of an ISIS suicide attack that...
At least 1,155 workers died in Turkey in first half of 2021: report
Turkey recorded at least 1,155 deaths in work-related accidents in Turkey in the first six months of this year, Turkish Minute reported, citing a...
Judicial files reveal Turkish Embassy spied on Erdoğan critics in the Netherlands
The Turkish Embassy in the Netherlands profiled Turkish citizens who are opponents of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and sent their private information to...
Acting rector of Boğaziçi University dismisses activist academic
Prof. Dr. Naci İnci, the vice rector of Boğaziçi University who was recently appointed acting rector, has dismissed Can Candan, a faculty member and...
Turkey’s Maarif Foundation illegally seized German-run school in Ethiopia, says manager
Ethiopia has illegally transferred a school run by German investors to Turkey’s state-run Maarif Foundation, Turkish Minute reported, citing the manager of the school.
Turkish...
Turkey must review its discriminatory press card regulation: CPJ
The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) on Thursday urged Fahrettin Altun, Turkey’s presidential communications director, to review changes made to the press card regulation,...
Authorities refuse to provide information on inmate hospitalized for COVID-19
Ertaş Sofuoğlu, a psychologist imprisoned for alleged links to the Gülen movement, was hospitalized after being diagnosed with COVID-19 on June 28, but authorities...
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