Turkey’s governor’s office in Adana province bans LGBTI pride march
The Adana Governor’s Office has banned an LGBTI pride parade scheduled to take place on Saturday in the southern province of Adana over “possible...
Governor office bans alcohol in Turkey’s tourism hub Antalya
Antalya governor’s office has banned drinking alcohol in a ‘disturbing and open’ manner in the province where is an international tourism hub of Turkey. The...
Dismissed civil servant found ineligible for tax break by Turkish authorities
A dismissed civil servant was deemed by Turkey’s Ministry of Treasury and Finance ineligible to benefit from a real estate tax break granted to...
Pro-Kurdish human rights defender from Turkey Eren Keskin to receive 2018 Anna Lindh Prize
The Swedish-based Anna Lindh Memorial Fund has named pro-Kurdish human rights lawyer from Turkey Eren Keskin as the recipient of the 2018 Anna Lindh...
CHUV report: People sheltering in Cizre basement first killed, then burned
A report by scientists from the Vaudois University Hospital Center (CHUV) in Switzerland showed that residents who took shelter in the basement of a...
Turkish gov’t detains 29 people for depositing money in now-closed Bank Asya
The Turkish government detained 29 people out of 59 warrants issued in Ankara on Wednesday for depositing money in private lender Bank Asya, which...
Academic who signed peace declaration commits suicide after dismissal
Mehmet Fatih Traş, a research assistant at Çukurova University in the southern province of Adana in Turkey, committed suicide on Friday evening in his...
Amnesty International’s chief not allowed to visit jailed Turkish human rights defender İdil Eser
Amnesty International Secretary General Salil Shetty was not permitted to visit the Amnesty’s Turkey director İdil Eser, who was jailed on “terrorism” charges two...
New indictment charges 135 Turkish military jurists over alleged Gülen links
A new indictment, filed by the Chief Prosecutor’s Office in Ankara to the 16th Heavy Penal Court on Tuesday, has charged 135 military judges...
Turkish court decides continuation of journalists’ imprisonments in Cumhuriyet daily case
An İstanbul court ordered on Tuesday for the continuation of imprisonments of Cumhuriyet daily's jailed journalists Murat Sabuncu, Ahmet Şık, the newspaper's CEO Akın Atalay,...
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