Turkey to deport LGBTI+ activist facing possible execution in Iran
Turkish authorities have decided on the deportation of an Iranian refugee who was recently detained at a Pride march in İstanbul despite the fact...
Turkish gov’t issues detention warrants for 323 people over links to Gülen movement on...
Detention warrants have been issued by Ankara Chief Prosecutor's Office for 142 people who used to work or still work for Turkish Education Ministry...
Turkish Finance Minister Albayrak’s ‘thesis writer’ elected BIST board chairman
Professor Erişah Arıcan, who allegedly wrote the Ph.D. thesis of President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s son-in-law and Treasury and Finance Minister Berat Albayrak, was elected...
Turkish authorities detain young woman known for campaigning for ailing father’s release from prison
Turkish authorities on Wednesday detained Sueda Güngör, the daughter of 72-year-old İbrahim Güngör, who remains imprisoned despite suffering from advanced Alzheimer’s disease, journalist Adem Yavuz...
Turkey’s top court rejects application seeking release of jailed MP
Turkey’s top appeals court has denied an application requesting the release from prison of an opposition lawmaker from the Workers Party of Turkey (TİP),...
Wife of inmate suffering from thyroid cancer says husband slowly dying in prison
Ayşegül Karaturgut, the wife of inmate Abdülaziz Örpek, who suffers from thyroid cancer, said on Twitter that her husband is dying slowly in prison...
Imprisoned journalist Şirin Kabakçı: Raise your voices for jailed journalists in Turkey
Jailed Turkish journalist Şirin Kabakçı, who used to be the Konya bureau chief for the Zaman newspaper, Turkey’s most highly circulated newspaper before the...
Experts say Turkey one of highest-ranking countries in drug-related young deaths
Turkey ranks among the top five countries with the highest number of drug related deaths among people under 25, the Diken news website reported, citing a...
Turkish police detain 47 during Saturday Mothers’ 957th weekly demonstration
Police have detained 47 people, including activists and family members of the Saturday Mothers, during the group’s 957th weekly demonstration in İstanbul’s Galatasaray Square,...
Armenian cemetery destroyed by bulldozers in Van province
An old Armenian cemetery in Turkey’s eastern province of Van was destroyed by bulldozers last week and bones were scattered across the field, sparking...
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