Occupational safety expert sparks outrage for trying to fit dead worker with safety harness...
An occupational safety expert sparked outrage after he tried to fit a safety harness on the lifeless body of a 19-year-old dockyard worker who...
CHP lawmaker submits parliamentary questions regarding human rights violations in Turkish prisons
Republican People's Party (CHP) deputy Özcan Purçu in a parliamentary question addressing the Turkish Ministry of Justice demanded to know whether the ministry was...
Turkey ranked 164th among 179 countries in Academic Freedom Index
Academic freedom in Turkey has sharply declined in the past 15 years, putting the country in 164th place among 179 countries as of December...
Perpetrator of 3 Syrian men’s murder admits to committing hate crime
The perpetrator of the murder of three Syrian men, which took place in Turkey’s İzmir province in November, has admitted in his testimony to...
Syrian ex-rebel on trial in France claims Turkey rejected war crimes case over child...
A former spokesman for a Syrian Islamist rebel group told a French court on Monday that Turkey refused to pursue a war crimes case,...
Reactions mount as Turkey bans alcohol sales during 17-day lockdown
The government of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has drawn the ire of secular Turks after it banned the sale of alcoholic beverages in...
Senior diplomats among dozens of Turkish MFA staff targeted over alleged Gülen links
Turkish authorities have detained or issued arrest warrants for 64 current and former employees of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, including several senior diplomats,...
Jailed MP’s lawyers file third application with top court in new episode of crisis
The lawyers for a jailed opposition lawmaker have petitioned Turkey’s Constitutional Court for a third time claiming rights violations in the continued incarceration of...
Erdoğan’s one-man rule: Turkey since failed 2016 coup
A failed coup against Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan five years ago Thursday unleashed a sweeping crackdown that reshaped the strategic NATO member’s political...
Turkey detains 15 people over alleged Gülen links
Turkish authorities on Tuesday detained 15 people in Kocaeli province over alleged ties to the faith-based Gülen movement, the state-run Anadolu news agency reported.
The...
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