13-year-old Kurd placed under travel ban, judicial supervision despite suffering racist attack
A court in İstanbul has imposed judicial supervision measures and a travel ban on a 13-year-old Kurdish teenager in a case concerning an alleged...
Turkish authorities detain 8 people over alleged ties to the Gülen movement
Turkish authorities have detained 8 people in western Turkey’s İzmir province over alleged links to the faith-based Gülen movement, the Tr724 news website reported.
The...
Turkish politician Bekleviç: For the Kurds, life has almost stopped in Diyarbakır
“I was not expecting to be interrupted. The police were ignoring us, since they got orders from their superiors. But this time, apparently the...
Turkey’s school lessons on failed coup draw accusations of political indoctrination
A decade after a failed military coup in Turkey on July 15, 2016, some teachers and education critics accuse the government of using textbooks...
Turkey’s crackdown on Gülen movement continues, returning asylum seekers puts them at risk, report...
Turkey’s crackdown on alleged members of the Gülen movement is continuing despite claims by some Western governments that the persecution of the group is...
US, press organizations slam impending access ban on VOA Turkish
The US State Department as well as international and local press organizations have criticized Turkey’s media watchdog for threatening to block access to the...
Turkey’s peace process has not eliminated risk of torture for Kurdish asylum seeker, German...
The ongoing peace process aimed at ending Turkey’s decades-long conflict with the outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) did not eliminate the risk of torture...
Allies of ousted CHP leader quit Party Council in bid to force extraordinary congress
The resignations mark a new effort by Özel’s supporters to reclaim control of Turkey’s largest opposition party through an internal vote, after a controversial...
Turkish Medical Association says healthcare system crumbling due to systemic corruption
The Turkish Medical Association (TTB) has warned that systemic corruption is pushing the country’s health system to the brink and urged the government to implement...
Organizers cancel speech by ‘gay imam’ Mohamed Zahed in İstanbul
A speech that was planned to be given in İstanbul in November by Dr. Ludovic Mohamed Zahed, a French-Algerian imam and scholar of Islam...
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