Turkish gov’t launches probe into German prosecutor over financial support to family of a...
The Turkish government has launched an investigation into a German prosecutor and financial support given by the European Association of Judges (EAJ) to the family...
Turkish government detains pro-Kurdish HDP deputy Sibel Yiğitalp
Sibel Yiğitalp, pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) deputy for Diyarbakır province has announced on her Twitter account early Thursday that “I am being detained...
Turkey’s Erdoğanist Maarif Foundation has seized 97 overseas schools affiliated with Gülen movement
Birol Akgün, the head of Turkey's Maarif Foundation, stated in an interview to a mouthpiece media outlet of the Turkish government led by President...
Turkish police briefly detain journalist who covered man’s suicide
A journalist who covered the story of a 45-year-old father’s suicide in Kocaeli due to his inability to buy a pair of trousers for...
Turkey dismissed 53 deputy and district governors as part of post-coup purge
The Turkish Interior Ministry in August dismissed 53 deputy governors and district governors due to alleged links to the Gülen movement, part of a...
Five children, 8 others detained by Turkish gendarmerie while on way to escape to...
At least 13 people were detained while they were allegedly on their way to flee Turkey’s post-coup crackdown to Greece, Turkey's state-run Anadolu news...
Journalist Yücel files lawsuit against Turkey for unjust imprisonment
Turkish-German journalist Deniz Yücel, who works for the German Die Welt newspaper and was jailed for about a year in Turkey on terror charges,...
Journalist faces up to 5 years in prison due to report on judicial corruption
Turkish prosecutors are seeking a prison sentence of up to five years for a journalist due to one of his articles last year in...
Turkish journalist under suicide risk re-arrested a few hours after release
Ayşenur Parıldak, a 27-year old Turkish journalist, has been arrested again a few hours after an Ankara court released her from nine-months pre-trial detention...
30,8 percent of Turkish youth neither working nor studying
Eurostat’s latest survey on young people neither in employment nor in education or training (NEET) has revealed that 30,8 percent of Turkish youth between...
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