Turkish journalist briefly detained over social media posts on school shootings
A Turkish journalist was briefly detained on Friday on accusations of publicly disseminating misinformation in social media posts related to school shootings in the...
School shooting victim and family face discrimination over father’s alleged Gülen links
An 11-year-old boy killed in a school shooting in southeastern Turkey last week and his family faced discriminatory treatment in an official notification and...
Municipal staff, CHP provincial chairman among 29 detained in continuing crackdown on main opposition
Turkish police on Monday detained 29 people, including municipal staff and the western province of Uşak’s provincial head of the main opposition Republican People’s...
Number of pretrial detainees in Turkey jumps 62 percent since 2023
The number of people held in pretrial detention in Turkey reached 62,514 as of April 1, 2026, up from 38,537 in 2023, according to...
İstanbul district mayor among 18 detained in continuing crackdown on main opposition party
Turkish police detained Onursal Adıgüzel, mayor of İstanbul’s Ataşehir district, three deputy mayors and 14 others in an overnight operation as part of an...
Nearly half of students in Turkey’s MESEM program report accidents, overwork
Forty-eight percent of students enrolled in Turkey’s Vocational Education Centers (MESEM) have experienced at least one workplace accident, while 53 percent work more than...
Turkey blocks 940 accounts, shuts down 93 Telegram groups after school attacks
Turkish authorities blocked access to 940 social media accounts and shut down 93 Telegram groups following two deadly school attacks as part of a...
7 in 10 juvenile offenders in Turkey are repeat cases, data show
Seventy-two percent of minors in Turkey who are entered into the criminal justice system have had prior contact with authorities, according to data shared...
Turkey seeks extradition of 49 people from Sweden over Gülen movement links
Turkey is seeking the extradition of 49 people from Sweden over links to the faith-based Gülen movement, according to newly released figures, as Ankara...
Turkey issues detention warrant for human rights activist over school shooting posts
A Turkish prosecutor has issued a detention warrant for Salih Gergerlioğlu, a human rights activist and son of pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Equality and Democracy Party...
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