Report reveals alarming shortage of women’s shelters across Turkey
A recent report by Republican People’s Party (CHP) deputy Gamze Akkuş İlgezdi has revealed a critical shortage in the number and capacity of women’s...
Children of couple serving sentences on Gülen conviction living in tent with relatives
A 13-year-old girl whose parents were arrested two weeks ago to serve sentences for conviction of links to the Gülen movement has said in...
Turkish police intervene in teachers’ protest, detain 15
The police in Ankara on Tuesday night forcibly broke up a protest staged by an education workers labor union, detaining 15 teachers, the Artı...
Turkish Interior Ministry to file complaint against opposition mayor over anti-Syrian remarks
Turkey’s Deputy Interior Minister İsmail Çataklı on Wednesday said the ministry would file a criminal complaint against an opposition mayor in southern Turkey for...
Former police chief jailed in post-coup crackdown dies of cancer shortly after release from...
A former police chief who was dismissed by a government decree following a coup attempt in Turkey on July 15, 2016 and subsequently convicted...
Veteran correspondent dismissed from state-run TRT for third time despite court rulings
Elif Akkuş, a veteran journalist at Turkey’s state broadcaster TRT, was dismissed for a third time on Wednesday despite court rulings ordering her reinstatement,...
Journalist gets suspended sentence for publishing expert report on murder of a Turkish far-right...
A Turkish court on Tuesday handed down a suspended 10-month sentence to journalist Asuman Aranca for publishing details from an expert report on the...
Belgian journalist denied entry to Turkey over 2015 Kobani celebration
Belgian journalist Chris Den Hond has been denied entry to Turkey due to his participation in a celebration marking the liberation of the Syrian...
Kenyan government confirms deportation of 4 Gülen-linked Turks
The Kenyan Foreign Ministry has confirmed the deportation of four Turks whose whereabouts had been unknown since their kidnapping by unidentified individuals in Nairobi...
Turkey issues arrest warrant for YouTuber due to ‘insulting’ comments about Islam, Prophet
Turkish Justice Minister Yılmaz Tunç has announced the issuance of an arrest warrant for a popular YouTuber whose remarks on Islam and the Prophet...
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