Letters by inmate prior to his death reveal severe mistreatment
Letters written by an inmate prior to his death revealed he had been subjected to beating, death threats and psychological pressure, the Duvar news...
Ailing 73-year-old found dead in his prison cell in Turkey’s Ordu province
A 73-year-old sick prisoner was found dead in his cell on Wednesday in a prison in northern Ordu province, drawing attention once again to...
Turkish novelist and Nobel laureate says there is immense political pressure in Turkey
Orhan Pamuk, Turkish novelist and recipient of the 2006 Nobel Prize in Literature, said in an interview that there was immense political pressure in...
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...
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