Earthquakes displace 2.7 million people in Turkey, exacerbate pre-existing food insecurity in Syria: USAID
Devastating earthquakes in early February have displaced an estimated 2.7 million people in Turkey and exacerbated pre-existing food insecurity in Syria, the US Agency...
Health ministry fails to provide certificate of good standing to doctor, victim of post-coup...
Turkey’s health ministry has declined an application filed by a doctor who was fired from the civil service following a July 15, 2016 coup...
Thousands in Strasbourg demand European action over Turkey’s refusal to implement ECtHR rulings
Thousands of Turkish expatriates, purge victims and human rights advocates rallied outside the Council of Europe in Strasbourg on Wednesday, urging Europe’s main human...
Document confirms diplomats spied on Erdoğan critic abducted by Turkish intelligence in Tajikistan: report
A judicial document obtained by Nordic Monitor confirms that Koray Vural, a Turkish businessman who is believed to have been rendered by Turkey’s National...
DEM lawmaker slams authorities for disregarding inmates’ lack of access to proper healthcare
Peoples’ Equality and Democracy Party (DEM) lawmaker Ömer Faruk Gergerlioğlu has criticized Turkish authorities for their disregard of inadequate medical care in prisons, pointing...
Former CHP lawmaker joins Erdoğan’s party as opposition faces turmoil, municipal probes
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has pinned the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) badge on İstanbul lawmaker Nimet Özdemir, who recently resigned from...
Turkey detains 22 from İstanbul’s Şile Municipality amid crackdown on main opposition
Turkish prosecutors have detained 22 people from a district municipality in Istanbul run by the main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) as part of...
Father of missing Yusuf Bilge Tunç says reappearance of former bureaucrat gives him hope
The father of Yusuf Bilge Tunç, who went missing 25 months ago and is feared to have been abducted by Turkish intelligence, said the...
Turkey denies sentence suspension for 89-year-old inmate despite health concerns
Turkish authorities have denied a request to suspend the prison sentence of an ailing 89-year-old inmate convicted of alleged links to the faith-based Gülen...
Turkish court rules for release of journalist arrested for reporting on judicial corruption
An İstanbul court on Monday decided for the release from jail of a journalist who was arrested in late December for reporting on alleged...
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