Tons of UK plastic waste illegally dumped and burned in Turkey: report
Thousands of tons of UK plastic are being illegally dumped and burned in Turkey, sparking environmental and health fears for those living nearby, Turkish...
Turkey’s new prison reform law sparks outcry over exclusion of political prisoners
As a new prison reform bill passed into law last week has granted early parole to many inmates in Turkey, the families of political...
Turkey defies pressure to keep philanthropist Kavala in jail
A Turkish court on Friday kept civil society leader Osman Kavala in jail despite Western pressure and the risk the case could further harm...
Illegal arrivals in Germany from Turkey skyrocketed in 2022
There has been a 254 percent increase in the number of Turkish nationals entering Germany illegally over the first nine months of 2022 compared...
Constitutional Court rejects CHP appeal against multiple bar associations law: report
Turkey’s Constitutional Court on Thursday rejected an appeal for a stay of execution of a recently enacted law changing the structure of bar associations...
Turkish gov’t detains 25 people, mostly doctors, over alleged Gülen links
The Turkish government detained 25 people, mostly doctors who used to work for hospitals closed over alleged affiliation with the Gülen movement, in a...
More than 400 detained in İstanbul for attempting to march to Taksim on May...
More than 400 people were detained in İstanbul on Thursday as they attempted to march to the city’s iconic Taksim Square to mark International...
Dismissed gov’t official forced to work as mover dies in traffic accident
Ensar Erdem, 47, a former official who was dismissed from Turkey’s Transportation and Infrastructure Ministry by a government decree as part of purges that...
Pro-gov’t Turkish daily claims jailed US pastor knew about coup attempt 6 years ago
The pro-government Yeni Asır daily claimed on Thursday that it had acquired an audio recording in which American pastor Andrew Brunson, who has been...
Top court rejects exiled journalist’s rights claim against pro-government daily
Turkey’s Constitutional Court has rejected an application filed by exiled journalist and author Can Dündar claiming that news published by the pro-government Sabah daily...
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