Turkish women’s rights activists call on authorities to thoroughly investigate female suicide cases and...
Two Turkish women's rights activists said in an interview that during the COVID-19 pandemic there had been an increase in female suicides and accidental...
Press union insists justice minister explain continued detention of journalist
DİSK Basın-İş, a labor union representing media workers in Turkey, has demanded an explanation from Justice Minister Yılmaz Tunç for the continued pretrial detention...
Turkey releases writer imprisoned over solidarity with Kurdish daily
Imprisoned writer, activist and journalist Celalettin Can has been released from prison in northwest Turkey where he has been incarcerated for more than three...
Turkey’s interior ministry defends ban on Kurdish play, citing public order concerns
The Turkey’s interior ministry has defended the ban on a Kurdish-language play, "Qral û Travis," in the eastern province of Ağrı, citing concerns over...
Newly published statement details Turkish woman’s police abuse allegations
A 51-page court statement submitted by a Turkish woman imprisoned on a conviction of alleged links to the faith-based Gülen movement came to light...
72-year-old Kurdish inmate dies shortly after belated release from prison
Hamdin Ördek, 72, a Kurdish inmate who was suffering from Alzheimer's disease, died on Wednesday, six days after he was belatedly released from prison...
Turkish election board rejects bid to block main opposition CHP’s extraordinary congress
A district election board in Ankara on Wednesday rejected the applications of two party delegates seeking to cancel the main opposition Republican People’s Party’s...
Court orders granddaughter of historic Kurdish figure to display Turkish flag on social media...
A granddaughter of Sheikh Said, an iconic Kurdish figure who led a Kurdish nationalist rebellion against the new Republic of Turkey in 1925, has...
3 Turkish officials suspended, 1 detained, over alleged access to justice minister’s land records
Three public officials in Turkey have been suspended and one of them detained over allegations that they improperly accessed land registry records belonging to...
53 teachers died by suicide after dismissal from their jobs: labor union
Fifty-three teachers died by suicide in Turkey after being dismissed from their jobs by emergency decree-laws in the aftermath of a coup attempt in...
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