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...
Turkish TV star-turned-mayor detained in new operation targeting opposition
Turkish police on Thursday detained an award-winning television actor who became an opposition mayor in an Ankara district as part of a corruption investigation,...
Turkey’s Maarif Foundation took over 216 Gülen-linked schools in 44 countries, chairman says
Birol Akgün, chairman of Turkey’s Maarif Foundation, on Monday said during an online meeting that they have taken over 216 schools affiliated with the...
Former teacher arrested over alleged Gülen links while taking disabled son to hospital
Mervane Albayrak, a former teacher previously sentenced to more than six years in prison for alleged ties to the Gülen movement, was arrested while...
Toll of Turkish air strike in Iraq rises to eight
The death toll in a Turkish air raid on a clinic in Iraq’s Sinjar province has risen to eight, local officials said Wednesday, a...
UN rapporteurs warn Turkey over allegations of continuous discrimination against the Kurdish community
United Nations special rapporteurs have expressed serious concerns regarding the alleged rights violation of two Kurdish families in Istanbul and Mersin province.
The family in...
Turkey again blocks X accounts of pro-Kurdish media outlets
Turkish authorities on Friday blocked access to the new X accounts of the pro-Kurdish Yeni Yaşam daily and the Etkin News Agency (ETHA), the...
Dismissed academic gets 10 years in prison on terrorism charges
A Turkish court has handed down a prison sentence of 10 years to an academic who had been dismissed from her job in the...
Ex-mayor among 8 detained in latest operation targeting main opposition party’s officials
Turkish authorities have detained a former mayor and seven others in a corruption investigation, marking the latest in a series of operations targeting local...
Sweden blocks extradition of journalist sought by Erdoğan
Sweden’s Supreme Court on Monday blocked the extradition of a Turkish journalist in exile, a key demand by Ankara to ratify Stockholm’s NATO membership,...
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