Stripped of her clothes and pushed back in the freezing cold, Turkish asylum seeker...
H.T., a 40-year-old teacher, was pushed back to Turkey by Greek authorities as she was trying to flee to a safer country and reunite...
Nearly 30,000 workers died in work-related accidents during AKP rule: İSİG
Turkey has recorded 29,801 deaths in work-related accidents since the Justice and Development Party (AKP) came to power in November 2002, Turkish Minute reported,...
Journalists accosted by police while covering a fire in Turkey’s Sivas province
Journalist Hüsnü Ümit Avcı, a correspondent for the Doğan News Agency (DHA), had an altercation with a police officer on Friday who tried to...
Journalist gets 6 years in prison on terrorism charges
A Turkish court has handed down a jail sentence of six years, three months to a journalist on conviction of terrorist organization membership due...
Turkish authorities deny financial assistance to severely disabled teenager due to father’s links to...
Turkish authorities denied a severely disabled 15-year-old autistic teenager disability benefits because his father was arrested for alleged links to the Gülen movement, the...
10 employees at opposition-run municipality detained over alleged ‘terrorist propaganda’
Ten employees at an opposition-run municipality in southern Turkey have been detained for “spreading propaganda on behalf of a terrorist organization” on social media...
Turkish authorities launch investigation into social media users who posted video mocking Erdoğan
Turkish authorities have launched an investigation into TikTok users who shared a video mocking Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, Turkish media reported.
The Istanbul Chief...
Journalists’ associations to stage demonstrations in 5 provinces protesting arrest of 16 Kurdish journalists
Two journalist organizations will organize demonstrations on Friday in five Turkish provinces protesting the arrest of 16 Kurdish journalists on June 16, the Bianet...
Turkish asylum seekers stranded in Greek border town post video asking for help
Turkish asylum seekers on Wednesday posted a video on social media saying they had been stranded in the Greek border town of Feres for...
[Interview] Held at knifepoint and sent back to Turkey, Turkish pushback victim says she...
"I left my country, my loved-ones and my life to escape the injustice I had been subjected to," said Hüsniye, who was sent back...
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