Former teacher arrested on Gülen charges says heating cut off in cell despite cold...
A former teacher arrested for alleged links to the Gülen movement told his family during a phone call on Tuesday that the heating in...
Turkish authorities refuse to release political prisoners who have served their time
Turkish authorities are refusing to release thousands of political prisoners who have served their required time in jail, the tr724 news website reported.
Journalist Hanım...
Hrant Dink commemorated in İstanbul 19 years after his murder
Hundreds of people gathered in İstanbul on Monday to commemorate the 19th anniversary of the killing of Hrant Dink, the Armenian-Turkish journalist who was...
Wife of abducted man complains about indifference by Turkish authorities on the case
Emine Özben whose husband Mustafa Özben was abducted on May 9, 2017, said Turkish police and prosecutors have been unwilling to investigate the missing...
Turkish treasury and finance minister says women too ‘fragile’ to do manual labor jobs
Turkish Treasury and Finance Minister Nureddin Nebati on Tuesday said in a discriminatory remark that women were more fragile than men and should not...
Turkey removes 4 more Kurdish mayors, totaling 44 since local elections
Turkey’s interior ministry on Friday removed four mayors from the Kurdish opposition party, Turkish media reported, bringing the total number of suspended Kurdish mayors...
EU rapporteur slams ruling in İmamoğlu diploma case as court rejects appeal
Nacho Sánchez Amor, the European Parliament rapporteur on Turkey, has sharply criticized a Turkish court’s decision to reject jailed İstanbul Mayor Ekrem İmamoğlu’s appeal...
CHP deputy asks about 7 abducted purge victims in parliamentary question
Turkey's main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) İstanbul deputy Sezgin Tanrıkulu has submitted a parliamentary question to the Parliament Speaker’s Office in which he...
Medical union chair faces complaint for speaking to exiled journalist on YouTube program
A criminal complaint has been filed against human rights activist and president of the Turkish Medical Association (TTB) Professor Şebnem Korur Fincancı on the...
Turkey orders detention of 68 people over Gülen links: report
Turkish prosecutors on Friday ordered the detention of 68 people as part of a large-scale crackdown targeting the faith-based Gülen movement, which is accused...
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