Turkish singer detained over remarks regarding religious school graduates
Famous Turkish pop singer and songwriter Gülşen Bayraktar Çolakoğlu has been detained as part of an investigation launched due to her remarks that allegedly...
Turkish Constitutional Court finds sentence justified in case of Gezi Park protestor killed by...
The Turkish Constitutional Court rejected an appeal from the family of Abdullah Cömert, 22, who was killed in southern Hatay province after being hit...
Report reveals 26 dockyard workers died in the last seven months
A total of 26 dockyard workers have died in workplace accidents in the last seven months according to a report released by the Occupational...
25-year-old man dies under suspicious circumstances at police station in Manisa province
A 25-year-old man died last night under suspicious circumstances at a police station in the western Turkish province of Manisa, the Duvar news website...
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...
No ruling from top court in case of maid found dead in AKP deputy’s...
Although it has been 27 months since an application was filed at Turkey’s Constitutional Court regarding the suspicious death of an Uzbek maid in...
10,000 doctors in Turkey have sought early retirement or resigned in the past year:...
Approximately 10,000 Turkish doctors have resigned or requested early retirement to seek better job opportunities abroad since July 2021, the Sözcü daily reported, citing...
‘They will not discourage us,’ say women subjected to strip-searches in police custody
Two inmates from the left-wing Socialist Women's Assembly (SKM) have said they were subjected to unlawful strip-searches while in custody at Istanbul Police headquarters...
Court orders removal of 10 news stories that include Latuff cartoons mocking Erdoğan
A Turkish court has ruled for the deletion of 10 news pieces published by the Diken news website, each of which includes a cartoon...
Inmate who publicized mistreatment in Silivri Prison is subjected to disciplinary punishment
Halil Kasal, an inmate in Istanbul's Silivri Prison who alerted his family of severe mistreatment at the penal facility, is being subjected to disciplinary...
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