Turkey ranked 48th among 191 countries in UN Human Development Index
Turkey was ranked 48th in the 2021-2022 Human Development Index published by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) on Thursday, Turkish Minute reported.
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Turkey issues detention warrants for 12 in two investigations linked to Gülen movement
Turkish prosecutors have issued detention warrants for 12 people in two separate investigations involving alleged links to the faith-based Gülen movement, the state-run Anadolu...
Turkey detains 543 people in massive operation targeting Gülen followers
Turkish police have detained 543 people out of 704 named in detention warrants as part of an investigation into the financial activities of followers...
Top court lifts bar on damages claims by civil servants reinstated after post-coup dismissals
Turkey’s Constitutional Court has struck down a legal barrier that prevented public employees who were dismissed under emergency decrees during the state of emergency...
Pro-Erdoğan journalist tracked Turkish political dissidents while using fake name and address in Denmark
Abdurrahman Şimşek, news coordinator for the Sabah newspaper, which is aligned with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, who has been "mapping" political dissidents from...
Dismissed municipal workers in eastern Turkey continue protest against trustee administration
The protest of 223 municipal workers dismissed by a government-appointed trustee in Turkey’s eastern Van province continued on Thursday, with support from civil society...
Turkish prosecutor declines to pursue case of inmate who was tortured and found dead...
A Turkish public prosecutor has declined to pursue the case of Garibe Gezer, who was reportedly beaten and sexually harassed by prison guards and...
Turkey refers Istanbul district mayor, 47 others to court amid crackdown on main opposition
Hasan Mutlu, the mayor of Istanbul’s Bayrampaşa district, and 47 others were referred to court on Monday as part of a crackdown targeting the...
EU urges Bulgaria to probe shooting of refugee at Turkish border: report
The European Commission on Tuesday urged Bulgaria to thoroughly investigate the alleged shooting by Bulgarian guards of a Syrian refugee on the country’s border...
European rights court rules against Turkey over passport cancellations of dismissed academics
The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) ruled Tuesday that Turkey violated the rights of two academics by canceling their passports under a state...
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