Man faces imprisonment despite severe paralysis
Yılmaz Anar, who was paralyzed in a fall from a height two years ago, faces imprisonment due to a conviction despite having a medical...
1 worker died every 4 hours in occupational accident in Turkey in 2021: report
Turkey recorded 2,170 deaths in work-related accidents in 2021, according to a report by the Workers’ Health and Work Safety Assembly (İSİG), the Turkish...
Mother of 11-month-old to serve prison sentence in violation of the law
Sümeyye Aydın, the mother of two children aged 11 months and four years, was sent to prison in violation of a law that requires...
Turkish Airlines offers discounts to members of pro-Erdoğan lobbying group in Europe
Turkey’s national flag carrier, Turkish Airlines, is offering discounts on ticket sales to members of the Union of International Democrats (UID), the ruling Justice...
Turkish gov’t misuses ECtHR decision to justify routine strip-searches: UN rapporteur
The Turkish government misused a European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) decision to justify routine strip-searches in prisons, a UN rapporteur revealed during a...
Turkish forensic expert admits to accepting bribes, reveals list of corrupt judges, prosecutors
A Turkish forensic expert has admitted to accepting bribes and submitted a list of 53 judges and prosecutors who he said had also accepted...
Sweden deporting Turkish national to Kosovo violates Convention against Torture, UN body warns Sweden
The UN Committee against Torture (CAT) decided that Sweden’s decision to deport a Turkish national tied to the faith based Gülen movement to Kosovo...
Rights organization files criminal complaint against far-right MP who threatened Turkish-Armenian lawmaker with genocide
The Human Rights Association (İHD) has filed a criminal complaint against far-right independent member of the Turkish Parliament Ümit Özdağ, who threatened Turkish-Armenian lawmaker...
3 Turkish soldiers killed in PKK attack in northern Iraq
Three Turkish soldiers were killed in northern Iraq in an attack carried out by militants of the outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK), Turkish Minute...
Turkey’s interior minister vows to put all stray dogs in shelters by year-end
Turkish Interior Minister Mustafa Çiftçi has vowed to have all stray dogs in Turkey rounded up and placed in shelters by the end of...
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