Agricultural workers in Turkey’s İzmir province protest company pressure to cut ties with union
More than 350 agricultural workers, most of them women, employed at Queen Flowers in İzmir province, have been protesting the company over pressure to...
Turkey to lift ban on contact visitation in prisons
Turkish Justice Minister Abdülhamit Gül has said a ban on contact visitation in prisons that went into force in March 2020 due to the...
Former Turkish military officer serving life sentence on coup charges dies in prison
A former Turkish military officer serving a life sentence for his alleged involvement in a coup attempt on July 15, 2016 died in prison...
2 high school students briefly detained for insulting Turkish President Erdoğan
Two high school students were detained in Istanbul on Tuesday morning for allegedly insulting Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, Turkish media reported.
Speaking to Halk...
At least 770 child workers have died in occupational accidents in Turkey since 2013
At least 770 children have died in work-related accidents in Turkey over the past 12 years, according to new data released on Wednesday, coinciding...
Turkish authorities arrest father of three, leaving children without parents
Turkish authorities on Wednesday arrested a father of three for alleged links to the Gülen movement, leaving his children without any parents, the Tr724...
Toxic pollution plagues major river in northwestern Turkey, say residents
Residents of the Ergene district in Turkey’s western Tekirdağ province have complained of severe health problems caused by toxic industrial waste polluting the Maritsa...
Bodies of migrants who die in workplace accidents dumped without proper burials: report
Bodies of migrants and refugees who died in workplace accidents in Turkey have been dumped in rural areas, by roadsides or in city dumpsters...
YouTube blocks trailers of film telling stories of asylum seekers fleeing Turkey after gov’t...
YouTube has blocked all three promotional trailers in Turkey for “Exodus,” a movie focusing on the stories of a group of people forced to...
Former judge, dismissed after 2016 coup attempt, dies of cancer
Abdurrahman Sakar, a former judge who was summarily dismissed from his job by a government decree in the aftermath of a 2016 coup attempt...
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