Public health experts warn of measles increase in Turkey
Public health experts in Turkey have warned of an increasing number of measles cases among young children, saying 3,000 cases were recorded in the...
Ailing 83-year-old prisoner, not released despite serious health problems, put in intensive care
Mehmet Emin Özkan, an 83-year-old inmate who was not released by authorities despite suffering from severe health problems, was hospitalized on Tuesday night after...
ENFORCED DISAPPEARANCE: One more abduction reported in Turkey
Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) deputy and human rights activist Ömer Faruk Gergerlioğlu on Sunday said another Turkish national was abducted by Turkey’s intelligence agency...
2 Turkish journalists get suspended sentences over social media post and news report
Two Turkish journalists have each received suspended sentences in separate cases over a social media post and a news report, Turkish media reported.
The İstanbul...
Turkey’s ex-VP says journalist who accused him of accepting $50 mln in bribes is...
Fuat Oktay, Turkey’s former vice president and current ruling party MP, on Wednesday denied allegations that he received $50 million in bribes from a...
Former judge with 6-month-old baby sent to prison in defiance of legal provisions
Esra Çiçeklidağ, a former judge dismissed from her job by a government decree, was arrested on November 10, 2021 in violation of a Turkish...
Jailed journalist Ünal: Indictment has lost validity as prosecutor suspended
Mustafa Ünal (51), a jailed veteran journalist and former Ankara bureau chief for the now-closed Zaman daily, has said since the prosecutor who indicted...
Turkish lawmakers seek probe into alleged sexual threat against 17-year-old girl in pretrial detention
Lawmakers from Turkey’s pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Equality and Democracy Party (DEM Party) have called for a parliamentary investigation into alleged rights violations and a sexual...
168 female journalists stood trial in Turkey in 2023: report
The Mesopotamia Women Journalists Association (MKG) has released a report focusing on alleged rights violations of female journalists in Turkey in 2023, which found...
Turkish court continues to keep businessman Kavala in jail despite CoE decision
A Turkish court on Thursday rejected an appeal against the imprisonment of prominent businessman and philanthropist Osman Kavala, who has been behind bars on...
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