Dismissed municipal workers in eastern Turkey continue protest against trustee administration
The protest of 223 municipal workers dismissed by a government-appointed trustee in Turkey’s eastern Van province continued on Thursday, with support from civil society...
Turkey’s top court annuls administrative control over student demonstrations on campus
Turkey’s Constitutional Court has struck down parts of a law that stipulated disciplinary action on university students for distributing leaflets, hanging banners and organizing...
Kurdish journalists jailed for over a year apply to ECtHR demanding fair trial
Sixteen Kurdish journalists who have been in pre-trial detention since June 2022 on terrorism-related charges have filed an application with the European Court of...
Erdoğan slams The Economist over its ‘dictatorship’ report on Turkey
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has slammed The Economist weekly newspaper for a recent report warning about Turkey sliding into a dictatorship under Erdoğan,...
Turkish miners remain underground on 26th day of unpaid wage protest
A group of 24 miners in northwestern Turkey remained underground Monday on the 26th day of a protest over unpaid wages, overtime and severance...
Turkish authorities take action against artists supporting student-led boycott
Turkish authorities have started taking action against celebrities who supported a boycott of purchases on Wednesday to protest the arrest of İstanbul’s opposition mayor,...
Son of police officer sacked for alleged Gülen links dies by suicide
Mehmet Reşat Erçakır, whose police officer father was dismissed by an emergency decree for alleged links to the Gülen movement, died by suicide on...
Family of Gülistan Doku battered by police and detained in front of Justice Ministry
The family of Gülistan Doku, a young Kurdish woman who went missing on January 5, 2020, was battered by the police yesterday and detained...
Photographs of deputy police inspector who died in prison quarantine show criminal neglect
Photos of former deputy policy inspector Mustafa Kabakçıoğlu, 44, who died in a quarantine cell in prison on August 29, have been revealed by...
Turkey opens fourth probe into opposition leader over remarks about controversial prosecutor
Turkish prosecutors have launched a fourth investigation into Özgür Özel, leader of the main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP), over his criticism of Istanbul’s...
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