8 arrested in Turkey for fomenting enmity, spreading disinformation on social media
An Ankara court has ordered the arrest of eight people including two journalists on charges of fomenting enmity and hatred and spreading disinformation on...
11 lawyers face prison for criticizing top imam over LGBT statement
The head of the Ankara Bar Association and 10 members of the association’s executive board face up to two years in prison due to...
Weakened Turkish lira hits pharmacies, drug supplies in Turkey
Patients are finding it increasingly difficult to acquire drugs in the marketplace due to a currency crisis in Turkey, Nurten Saydan, the head of...
Father seeking justice in daughter’s death released from prison after 38 days, vows to...
Şaban Vatan, the father of Rabia Naz Vatan, whose suspicious death in 2018 remains unsolved, was released from prison on Thursday after 38 days...
Record number of doctors sought to leave Turkey in September, TTB data show
Statistics from the Turkish Medical Association (TTB) show that a record number of 321 physicians applied for a certificate of good standing in advance...
Turkey orders detention of 189 people over alleged Gülen links in a one day
Turkish prosecutors on Tuesday ordered the detention of 189 people including teachers, former public officers, engineers, businessmen and active duty and dismissed military officers...
Amnesty, HRW urge Turkish gov’t to free civil society leader Osman Kavala
As civil society leader Osman Kavala marks one year in Turkey’s highest security prison, Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch renewed their call for...
Turkish Defense Ministry denies negligence in death of 12 soldiers in northern Iraq cave
The Turkish Ministry of Defense has denied any negligence in the death of 12 soldiers from methane gas exposure in a cave in northern...
Parents of 3-month-old infant arrested on Gülen conviction, sparking public outrage
The parents of a 3-month-old infant were arrested and sent to prison on Saturday night to serve sentences on conviction of Gülen links, leaving...
Exiled journalist establishes publishing house to print books banned in Turkey
Can Dündar, a Turkish journalist living in exile, has said a publishing house has been established in Germany to print books that have been...
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