Minister on harassed student: I won’t allow pressure on police over a woman with...
Turkish Minister of Interior Affairs Süleyman Soylu said on Wednesday that he would not let the police be pressured over a university student whose...
Jailed Kurdish politician criticizes peace efforts for ignoring reconciliation between Kurds and Turks
Selahattin Demirtaş, the imprisoned former co-chair of Turkey’s main pro-Kurdish political party, has accused the government of neglecting social reconciliation in its ongoing peace...
Turkey blocked access to 4,427 X accounts, tweets in 2022: report
Access to at least 4,427 URLs consisting of X, formerly Twitter, accounts and tweets were restricted in 2022 in Turkey, Turkish Minute reported, citing...
Man gets suspended sentence for sharing Erdoğan cartoons on social media
A man in the central Turkish province of Konya has been given a suspended sentence of 14 months on charges of insulting President Recep...
Bus driver investigated for insulting Erdoğan by putting paper with his photo on floor
A bus driver in Turkey was investigated for allegedly insulting President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan by putting a newspaper with a full-page photo of the...
169 workers killed in Turkey workplace accidents in October
At least 169 workers died in workplace accidents across Turkey in October, according to a monthly report by the Health and Safety Labor Watch...
Students protest lack of heating and insects in meals at state-run dormitory
In the midst of student demonstrations protesting poor living conditions in state-run dormitories, students living in a dormitory in Turkey’s Iğdır province on Sunday demonstrated...
Ultranationalists attack book fair stands selling jailed Kurdish leader’s books
Ultranationalists on Monday attacked stands at a book fair in northwestern Turkey selling books authored by Selahattin Demirtaş, the jailed former co-chair of the...
Fourth prisoner suicide in Turkish jails in a week
A Kurdish prisoner in Turkey’s southeastern Mardin province was found dead in her cell early Monday in what her lawyer said was a suicide...
Pro-gov’t Limak Holding wins environmental approval for controversial gold mine in western Turkey
Limak Holding, a conglomerate with close ties to Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, has received government approval for a major gold mining project in...
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