Turkish minister says probe into alleged discrimination against transgender teacher is ongoing
Turkish Education Minister Yusuf Tekin said on Wednesday that an investigation into alleged discrimination against a transgender teacher at a private school in İstanbul...
Turkey’s top court finds rights violation in prison ban on bracelet in traditional Kurdish...
Turkey’s Constitutional Court has ruled that preventing an inmate from giving a visitor a handmade bracelet in the traditional Kurdish colors violated his right...
Negligence alleged in death of young Syrian found injured outside Turkish hospital
A young Syrian man died of a brain hemorrhage on Sunday after relatives found him seriously injured outside an İstanbul hospital where they say...
Turkey detains anti-gov’t Islamic preacher, wife in morning raids
Turkish police on Wednesday detained outspoken Islamic cleric Alparslan Kuytul, his wife, Semra, and other members of the Furkan Foundation in coordinated raids across...
Police force conscript veterans, fallen conscripts’ relatives from Ankara park
Turkish police early Wednesday removed relatives of conscripts killed in service and veterans who had been conscripted into military service from Ankara’s Güvenpark, ending...
4-year-old Yazidi boy with severe epilepsy held in Turkish deportation center
A 4-year-old Yazidi boy with severe epilepsy is being held with his mother and sibling at a deportation center in İzmir, where his medication...
Turkish gendarmes briefly detain 4 villagers protesting fish farming project in Black Sea
Turkish gendarmes briefly detained four villagers on Tuesday during a protest against a commercial fish farming project that residents say threatens their traditional fishing...
Turkey’s landmark PKK peace process law takes effect after publication in Official Gazette
A law allowing some members of the outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) and people prosecuted or convicted of PKK-related crimes to have their cases...
Turkey blocks social media accounts of Kurdish news outlets, journalist
Turkish authorities on Saturday blocked the social media accounts of several Kurdish news outlets and a Kurdish journalist in the latest restrictions targeting Kurdish...
Turkey probes Armenian schools over student admissions
Turkey’s Education Ministry has begun inspecting Armenian minority schools over their admission of students from Armenia, according to a report by Agos.
Ministry inspectors reportedly told school...
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The May 2023 re-election of...