Turkish minister applauds country’s disability policies while disabled citizens paint a different picture
Family and Social Services Minister Mahinur Özdemir Göktaş touted Turkey’s disability rights policies at a global summit in Berlin, but disabled citizens say the...
Turkish mayor faces backlash over derogatory social media post targeting Armenians
Controversial Turkish mayor Tanju Özcan is facing backlash after posting a social media message using derogatory language towards Armenians, the Agos news website reported.
Özcan,...
Chronically ill inmate in Izmir dies due to alleged negligence
A chronically ill inmate in a prison in Turkey’s İzmir province has died due to alleged negligence, the BirGün daily reported.
Kadir Coşkun, 65, was arrested...
A year after deadly Istanbul nightclub fire, victims’ families still waiting for justice
Nearly a year after a devastating fire at an Istanbul nightclub claimed 29 lives, the families of the victims are still waiting for those...
Turkey’s YÖK instructs universities to take action against student boycott
Turkey’s Higher Education Board (YÖK) has sent a letter to universities instructing them to take necessary “administrative and legal” action against academics, administrative staff...
3 workers die on government construction site in southeastern Turkey
Three workers lost their lives in an accident on a government construction site in southeastern Urfa province on Friday, while a fourth worker was...
Turkish authorities take action against artists supporting student-led boycott
Turkish authorities have started taking action against celebrities who supported a boycott of purchases on Wednesday to protest the arrest of İstanbul’s opposition mayor,...
Actor among 11 detained in Turkey for promoting opposition-led boycott
Turkish authorities on Thursday detained at least 11 people including an actor suspected of spreading calls for a blanket boycott of purchases to protest...
Swedish journalist Joakim Medin sent to İstanbul’s notorious Silivri Prison
Swedish journalist Joakim Medin, detained in Turkey last week on terrorism-related allegations, was arrested on March 29 and transferred two days later to Silivri...
Prison authorities deny essential medication to university student arrested in Istanbul protests
A university student arrested for joining nationwide protests over the detention and subsequent arrest of Istanbul Mayor Ekrem İmamoğlu has claimed that prison authorities...
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