Prison authorities deny critically ill woman necessary medical care
Aysu Bayram, 46, a Turkish woman who suffers from Parkinson’s disease and also requires regular care for a liver transplant, said she has been...
French school in İstanbul closes for 2 days due to risk of terrorist attacks...
A French international school in Istanbul has announced that it will be closed on Thursday and Friday due to security measures, the Kronos news...
Turkey’s Religious Affairs Directorate has become a tool for silencing dissent
Turkey’s Directorate of Religious Affairs (Diyanet) has become an instrument for President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan's government to silence dissent and cover up wrongdoing.
According to...
COMMENTARY — Turkey’s new government spells more troubles for all
By Abdullah Bozkurt
An Orwellian nightmare is unfolding in Turkey, where life for Turks and foreigners has gotten much worse in the post-election period during...
Police detain 30 protesting killing of 2 Kurdish journalists by Turkish drone strike
Turkish police detained 30 people, including 20 journalists, during a protest in İstanbul on Saturday against the killing of two Kurdish journalists in a...
WHO warns of worse secondary health crisis in quake zone
The WHO warned Wednesday of a secondary health crisis threatening to strike Turkey and Syria in the aftermath of the devastating earthquake, which could...
Turkish police detain expelled rights advocate MP Gergerlioğlu
Turkish police on Friday detained a politician from a pro-Kurdish party two weeks after his expulsion from parliament over terror charges linked to a...
Turkish President Erdoğan issues edict-like decrees reshaping institutions
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan issued new edict-like presidential decrees on Sunday reshaping key political, military and bureaucratic institutions as part of a transformation...
Wife of ailing inmate calls on Turkish authorities to release husband immediately
The wife of a critically ill inmate has made a public appeal on X urging authorities to immediately release her husband so he can...
More than 7 million children affected by Turkey-Syria quake: UN
More than seven million children have been affected by the massive earthquake and a major aftershock that devastated Turkey and Syria last week, the...
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