5 die when migrant boat sinks off Aegean coast of Turkey
At least five migrants died on Monday when a boat sank off the coast of Dikili in Turkey's Aegean province of İzmir, the state-run...
Turkey detains 13 in probe targeting opposition-held Ankara Municipality
Thirteen people, including current and former officials of the Ankara Metropolitan Municipality, were detained Tuesday in a corruption investigation into spending on concerts organized...
Abusive pushbacks of migrants normalized in Greece: MSF
Greece has “normalized” abusive pushbacks of migrants under a broader EU policy that ignores violence against people in need, Turkish Minute reported on Thursday,...
Shop owner detained for ‘Kurdistan’ remark to opposition leader in SE Turkey
A shop owner has been taken into custody for using the word “Kurdistan” to describe the region he lives in during an exchange with...
CoE human rights commissioner to intervene in Kavala’s case at ECtHR
Council of Europe (CoE) Commissioner for Human Rights Dunja Mijatović has announced her decision to intervene in a case against jailed Turkish rights activist...
Pro-gov’t TV fires reporter who said on hot mic Turkey gained nothing from Erdoğan-Trump...
A Turkish pro-government broadcaster dismissed its Washington correspondent after a hot mic captured him saying that “Turkey gained nothing” from President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s...
Turkey’s RTÜK sanctions TV station over criticism of ruling party voters
The Radio and Television Supreme Council (RTÜK), Turkey’s broadcasting regulator, has imposed a temporary broadcast ban as well as a fine on the Flash...
University refuses admission to woman jailed over Gülen links
Ünzile Köşker, who was jailed for alleged links to the Gülen movement, was not allowed to enroll at a university despite passing the nationwide...
PEN declares jailed Kurdish politician Demirtaş an ‘honorary member
PEN Center Germany, part of PEN International, has declared jailed Kurdish politician Selahattin Demirtaş, who has been imprisoned in Turkey for two years, an...
At least 1,566 workers in Turkey died in occupational accidents in first 3 quarters:...
Turkey recorded at least 1,566 deaths in work-related accidents in the first three quarters of the year, the Health and Safety Labor Watch (İSİG) reported.
According...
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