Turkish academic indicted on terrorism charges over 11-year-old photo
Prominent Turkish political scientist and journalist Nuray Mert has been indicted on charges of membership in a terrorist organization over a photo taken with...
Defendant says prosecutors directed false testimony in İstanbul mayor trial
A businessman standing trial along with İstanbul Mayor Ekrem İmamoğlu and hundreds of others said in court on Monday that testimony he previously gave...
Prosecutor seeks prison sentence for journalist who returned to Turkey for election campaign
A prosecutor demanded a prison sentence for a veteran Turkish journalist the day after he returned to Turkey to run for a seat in parliament...
UN report exposes systematic torture in post-coup Turkey
The Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) on Tuesday exposed details of torture cases in Turkey last year and...
17-year-old dies in preventable workplace accident
A 17-year-old died on Monday in a preventable workplace accident, once again sparking concern about occupational safety in Turkey, the Birgün daily reported.
Yiğit Zamanis was...
Letter reveals how inmates with COVID-19 are neglected in Turkish prisons
A letter from an inmate in Turkey’s Sakarya Ferizli Prison has revealed that inmates with COVID-19 were made to stay in quarantine wards under...
VIDEO — EP President says democracy cannot exist without media freedom, expresses concern on...
Antonio Tajani, the president of the European Parliament, said genuine democracy cannot exist without a media freedom, expressing concerns on jailed journalists in Turkey.
Speaking...
Turkish gov’t closes 5 more schools over alleged links to Gülen movement
Turkey’s Education Ministry closed down five more private schools as part of an administrative investigation targeting the Gülen movement as part of Turkish government's...
Turkish court hands down suspended sentence to singer on insult charges
An İstanbul court hearing a retrial has handed down a suspended sentence of more than two years to singer Atilla Taş on conviction of...
Erdoğan, far-right ally visit earthquake zone amid criticism
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and his far-right ally, Devlet Bahçeli, visited one of the provinces hit by two powerful earthquakes earlier this month...
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