Turkish minister of education signals possibility of controversial gender-segregated schooling
Turkish Education Minister Yusuf Tekin in a controversial remark on July 12 emphasized the need to consider gender-segregated schools to cater to conservative families,...
Greek police pushed back 5 Turkish asylum seekers fleeing Erdoğan’s crackdown
Greek authorities on Sunday forcibly pushed back five Turks — a mother and her two children, another woman and a man — after they...
Purge victim jailed over alleged Gülen links dies of heart attack
Ender Gökmen, a former teacher imprisoned over alleged links to the faith-based Gülen movement, died of a heart attack on Tuesday in the eastern...
Germany warns citizens of possible detention over social media posts when in Turkey
Germany has reiterated in its latest travel advisory for Turkey that statements, social media activity or political expression considered lawful in Germany could lead...
Top court ruling preventing arbitrary passport bans goes into effect
Turkey’s Interior Ministry will no longer impose arbitrary restrictions on Turkish passports in line with a ruling from the Constitutional Court that has recently...
Journalists appeared in court 207 times in two months: opposition MP
Journalists in Turkey appeared at court hearings 207 times in the first two months of 2024, the Kronos news website reported on Wednesday, citing...
Turkish woman jailed over alleged Gülen links attempts suicide a month before release
A Turkish woman imprisoned over alleged links to the Gülen movement attempted suicide on Thursday, one month before her scheduled release, the TR724 news...
Netherlands links updating of customs union with Turkey to compliance with ECtHR rulings
The Dutch parliament has voted to make the modernization of the European Union customs union agreement with Turkey conditional on the release of two...
Former governor arrested in probe into disappearance of Kurdish student
A Turkish court has jailed former Tunceli governor Tuncay Sonel on charges including evidence tampering in a long-running investigation into the 2020 disappearance of...
Animal rights advocate’s death in fire raises suspicion of murder
An animal rights advocate who was targeted on social media for opposing the removal of stray dogs from the streets was found dead after...
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