İstanbul mayor accuses Erdoğan of trying to sideline him in politics after new indictment
İstanbul Mayor Ekrem İmamoğlu has accused President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan of attempting to sideline him in politics through judicial conspiracies and called on him...
Former teacher arrested on Gülen charges, leaving 3 children behind
Elif Çelik Demir, 42, a former kindergarten teacher and a mother of three, was arrested on Tuesday for alleged links to the Gülen movement,...
Turkish opposition youth leader to stand trial for social media post criticizing controversial prosecutor
A Turkish court has accepted an indictment against Cem Aydın, head of the youth wing of the main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP), over...
Turkey’s Council of Forensic Medicine sends ailing Kurdish politician back to prison after 3-day...
Turkey's Council of Forensic Medicine (ATK) on Friday sent jailed Kurdish politician Aysel Tuğluk, who suffers from dementia, back to a maximum security prison...
Turkish women’s rights organizations to take to the streets on March 8 to protest...
Women’s rights organizations in Turkey said they would take to the streets on March 8,, International Women’s Day, in protest of increasing gender inequity...
Discrimination against Roma in Turkey increased during the pandemic: report
A recent report drafted by Boğaziçi University researchers reveals that discrimination against the Roma community in Turkey increased during the COVID-19 pandemic.
The report, titled...
Vice News reporters acquitted in Turkey after 9-year terrorism trial
A Turkish court has acquitted two Vice News journalists of terrorism-related charges after a nine-year trial stemming from their reporting in Turkey’s restive southeast...
Turkey’s LGBT+ under increasing government pressure, report reveals
A recent report by the LGBT+ advocacy group KAOS GL has revealed that Turkey's LGBT+ community is feeling increasingly threatened under the Justice and...
Turkish authorities launch investigation into education union following academic boycott call
The Istanbul Chief Public Prosecutor's Office has launched an investigation into the Education and Science Workers' Union (Eğitim Sen) for allegedly “publicly inciting the...
11-year-old girl with Down syndrome deteriorates after arrest of her mother on Gülen links
Ayşe Asude Gök, an 11-year-old girl with Down syndrome, stopped interacting with her caregivers after her mother was arrested to serve a sentence for...
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