Turkey seizes billions in assets, shuts down hundreds of Gulen-linked institutions since 2016 coup...
Turkish authorities have seized or frozen billions in assets and closed hundreds of institutions linked to the faith-based Gülen movement, according to official figures...
Report reveals 26 dockyard workers died in the last seven months
A total of 26 dockyard workers have died in workplace accidents in the last seven months according to a report released by the Occupational...
Experts warn of safety risks as contractors ordered to work round the clock in...
Occupational safety experts have criticized a recent directive by Minister of Environment, Urbanization and Climate Change Murat Kurum instructing contractors in earthquake-affected areas to work...
Families of occupational accident victims wait years for compensation
The families of workers who died in occupational accidents have complained of waiting for years to be compensated for their loss, the Birgün daily...
Turkey arrests Council of Europe youth delegate over speech on jailed mayors, police violence
Enes Hocaoğulları, an LGBTQ+ activist and Turkey’s youth delegate to the Council of Europe’s Congress of Local and Regional Authorities, has been arrested over...
Erdoğan labels journalist in exile a ‘terrorist,’ demands his extradition from Swedish PM
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has demanded the extradition of a Turkish journalist in exile in Sweden whom he called a “terrorist,” during a...
Amnesty launches urgent action campaign to restore refugee status, healthcare access for Syrian man...
Amnesty International has launched an urgent action campaign urging Turkish authorities to reinstate the temporary protection status of a Syrian refugee whose legal rights...
CPJ calls on Turkey to investigate airstrikes that killed journalists
The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) on Tuesday called on Turkey to immediately conduct a full and transparent investigation into whether Hawar News Agency...
One in three Turkish children goes to school malnourished as poverty deepens
One in three schoolchildren in Turkey goes to class lacking proper nutrition, a stark sign of worsening child poverty that advocacy groups say has...
Man extradited from Sweden to Turkey imprisoned for alleged PKK membership
A Turkish court on Saturday jailed a man convicted of membership in the outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) a day after Sweden extradited him,...
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