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.
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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...
Turkey orders hundreds of detentions over alleged Gülen links in less than a week
Turkish authorities have ordered the detention of 256 people in the last five days due to alleged links to the Gülen movement, according to...
EU Parliament investigation condemns Frontex’s failure to act on pushbacks
The European Union’s border and coast guard agency Frontex has failed to protect the rights of people at EU borders, a fact-finding investigation by...
HDP co-chair rules out possibility of new peace talks between gov’t, Kurdish militants
Pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) Co-chairperson Pervin Buldan has ruled out the chances of a new reconciliation process aimed at solving Turkey’s Kurdish problem...
Opposition MP returns to parliament four months after expulsion
A lawmaker from the pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) returned to his seat in the Turkish Parliament on Friday, four months after he was...
Documentary tells stories of people fleeing Turkey’s post-coup crackdown
A documentary telling the stories of some of the victims of Turkey’s post-coup crackdown who were able to leave the country through Greece premiered...
Strip-searched, abused and pushed back, Erdoğan critic talks about her ordeal in Greece
The story of a woman who sought asylum in Greece together with her family but was returned to Turkey reveals the ordeal of refugees...
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