Lawyer shares photos of suspicious individuals around İnandı’s car, says former minister met him...
Taalaygul Toktakunova, the attorney for the family of educator Orhan İnandı, who is allegedly being held against his will in the Turkish Embassy in...
1 pct of Turkey’s population is in prison or on probation: study
One percent of Turkey’s population is either behind bars or on probation, according to the results of a study, Turkish Minute reported.
Switzerland’s Lausanne University...
COVID-19 has claimed the lives of 27 Turkish journalists: report
A total of 27 Turkish journalists have died of COVID-19, the Geneva based non-profit Press Emblem Campaign (PEC) said in a press statement released...
Pro-Kurdish party politicians detained following house raids in İstanbul
Turkish police on Wednesday detained 12 local politicians and members of the pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) shortly after a top prosecutor refiled an...
German Green Party co-chair calls on int’l community to prevent deportation of educator İnandı...
Cem Özdemir, the co-chairman of the German Green Party, on Wednesday called on the international community to prevent the deportation to Turkey of educator...
Survey shows 76.2 pct of Turks want new probe into killing of journalist Mumcu
A survey conducted by Turkish pollster Metropoll has revealed that 76.2 percent of Turks want a fresh probe into the 1993 murder of prominent...
Pro-gov’t media group accused of failing to repay $750 mln to state-owned bank
A main opposition lawmaker has reiterated on social media his written question to Turkish state lender Ziraat Bank in 2020 concerning a $750 million...
Greece defends use of anti-migrant ‘sound cannons’ on its Turkey border
Greece's minister for migration and asylum on Wednesday defended his country's use of "sound cannons" to deter irregular migrants, as a senior EU official...
Kyrgyz authorities should investigate disappearance of Orhan İnandı: HRW
Kyrgyz authorities should investigate the disappearance of Orhan İnandı, 53, founder of the Sapat school network in Kyrgyzstan in Kyrgyzstan, amid concern that he...
Turkey again seeks to close down pro-Kurdish political party
A prosecutor on Monday refiled an indictment that seeks to close down a pro-Kurdish party, the second largest opposition party in the Turkish Parliament,...
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