Appeals court in SE Turkey upholds sentences of 58 Kurdish politicians accused of ‘terrorism’
An appeals court in the southeast Turkish province of Gaziantep has upheld prison sentences previously handed down to 58 Kurdish politicians, including former executives...
Turkey orders hundreds of arrests over alleged Gülen links in less than a week
Turkish authorities have ordered the detention of 258 people in the last five days due to alleged links to the Gülen movement, according to...
Bodies of last 5 miners retrieved 4 months after landslide in eastern Turkey
The bodies of five miners who were among nine buried in a landslide at a gold mine in Turkey’s eastern Erzincan province in February...
US religious freedom commission recommends placing Turkey on special watch list for severe violations
The United States Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) recommended that the State Department place Turkey on its special watch list based on the...
Top EU court rules refugee status prevents extradition of Kurdish man to Turkey
The European Union’s highest court ruled Tuesday that a Kurdish man with refugee status in Italy cannot be extradited from Germany to Turkey, where...
Famous Turkish singer faces insults for objecting to quarry project in northern Turkey
Pro-government media outlets have unleashed a flurry of attacks and insults on famous Turkish pop singer Sezen Aksu after she publicly objected the quarrying...
Teenage Syrian refugee killed amid wave of racist attacks in Turkey
Ahmet Handan El Naif, a 17-year-old Syrian refugee worker, was killed in Antalya on Tuesday as racist attacks on Syrians have been spreading across...
Jailed journalist Baransu faces 45 years in prison for revealing state secrets
A Turkish prosecutor has demanded a prison sentence of up to 45 years for a jailed journalist on various accusations concerning the revelation of...
878 workers died in occupational accidents in the first half of 2024: İSİG
A total of 878 people died in workplace accidents in Turkey in the first half of this year, according to a report by the...
AKP, MHP reject motion to investigate police officer suicides
Turkey’s ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) and its ally, the Nationalist Movement Party (MHP), have rejected a parliamentary motion to investigate a rising...
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