Eight civilians killed in Turkish airstrikes on Syria
Turkish airstrikes killed eight civilians in Syria’s Kurdish-held northeast Monday, a war monitor and local media said, as Ankara launched operations in Iraq and...
Purge victim dies of cancer after belated release from prison
Hüseyin Geçmek, a construction technician previously imprisoned on conviction of links to the Gülen movement, died on Friday of pancreatic cancer, which had begun...
Prosecutor behind claims of corruption in Turkish judiciary appointed to top appeals court
An İstanbul prosecutor who exposed alleged corruption in Turkey’s judicial system in a letter to the country’s highest judicial body last year has been...
Turkey records 3 femicides within a day
Three women across Turkey were killed within a 24-hour period by men from whom they were divorcing or separating, the Evrensel newspaper reported on...
158 workers died in occupational accidents in Turkey in January: report
A total of 158 people died in workplace accidents in Turkey in January, the Artı Gerçek news website reported, citing a monthly report by...
4 journalists detained in western Turkey put under house arrest
Four of six journalists who were detained in western Turkey last week have been put under house arrest, while the other two have been...
Paralysed Turkish teacher held in prison for 20 months on coup charges
İsa Kara, a 54-year-old teacher who was fired from his job after a controversial coup attempt on July 15, 2016, has reportedly been kept in...
Europe saw 82 percent increase in asylum applications from Turkish citizens in 2023: EUAA
The number of Turkish citizens seeking asylum in the EU countries, Switzerland and Norway increased by 82 percent in 2023 over the previous year,...
Daughters of jailed Turkish police chief voice concerns about father’s safety in video message
Two daughters of Yurt Atayün, a former police chief who was incarcerated in the summer of 2014 for taking part in a corruption investigation,...
Court blocks access to news reports about sexual abuse in dormitory affiliated with Islamic...
A Turkish court has blocked access to 12 news reports detailing sexual abuse allegations against a staff member in a dormitory affiliated with an...
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