Purged nurse succumbs to cancer
Mother of two and former nurse Zeynep Baltacı, 34, who was fired by an emergency decree as part of Turkey’s post-coup purge of state...
Turkey has expelled more than 200 Christian workers since 2020
Alliance Defending Freedom International (ADF International), a Christian advocacy group, has accused Turkey of misusing national security laws to expel more than 200 Christian...
Opposition party leader calls for release of mother of child suffering from bone cancer
Temel Karamollaoğlu, the leader of Turkey’s Islamist opposition Felicity Party (SP), on Tuesday visited a 6-year-old boy hospitalized with bone cancer and called for the...
District municipality in İstanbul shifts from opposition CHP to AKP after repeat vote
İstanbul’s Bayrampaşa district came under the control of the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) after the party’s candidate won a repeat city council...
Woman serving sentence with 3-month-old daughter conditionally released due to baby’s health
Emine Coşkun, who was arrested in İstanbul on Friday to serve a sentence for conviction of links to the Gülen movement and was being...
Turkey blocks journalist’s X account after posts targeting foundation led by Erdoğan’s son
Turkish authorities on Tuesday blocked access to journalist Serdar Akinan’s account on X after he shared posts alleging misconduct by a youth foundation led...
Massive earthquake kills hundreds in southern Turkey, Syria
A 7.8-magnitude earthquake hit Turkey and Syria early on Monday, killing hundreds of people, levelling buildings while many were still asleep, and sending tremors...
Azeri student deported from Turkey after joining campus protest alleges mistreatment
A graduate student from Azerbaijan who was deported from Turkey after taking part in a campus protest claims she was physically restrained, denied prescribed...
US announces $85 million aid, sanctions relief for quake-hit Turkey and Syria
The United States on Thursday announced an initial $85 million aid package to help Turkey and Syria recover from the devastating earthquake, while also...
Turkey blocks İmamoğlu’s campaign account for fourth time
Turkey on Monday blocked the X campaign account of İstanbul mayor and main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) presidential candidate Ekrem İmamoğlu, following the...
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