Turkey detains 23 people over Gülen links, including dismissed public officials
Turkish authorities have detained 23 people in three separate operations over alleged ties to the faith-based Gülen movement, Turkish media reported.
The operations involved 15...
Bluesky restricts access to 72 accounts in Turkey amid government pressure
Bluesky has restricted access to 72 accounts and one post in Turkey, marking a shift for the decentralized social media platform that had previously...
Turkish hospital again says seriously ill elderly prisoner can remain behind bars
A Turkish hospital has for the second time found that a seriously ill 73-year-old prisoner who was convicted over alleged links to the faith-based...
Turkish court reduces sentence for doctor convicted of killing puppies
A Turkish court has reduced the prison sentence of a doctor convicted of killing puppies he adopted through online platforms after a retrial, despite...
Turkish journalist questioned over article on Armenian youth released after brief detention
Tuğçe Yılmaz, an editor at the independent Turkish news outlet Bianet who was detained by police during an identity check in İstanbul on Tuesday...
Protests against pro-gov’t company’s quarry in northern Turkey banned
The Governor’s Office of the Black Sea province of Rize has imposed a 15-day ban on demonstrations in one of its districts amid ongoing...
Turkey declared ‘not free’ in world freedom report
Political and civil rights in Turkey have deteriorated so severely under President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan that Turkey is no longer a free country, according...
After ISIL and Turkish bombs, refugee sisters sing of Kurdish sorrow
When the Syrian Kurdish sisters Perwin and Norshean Salih sing about loss, it comes from the heart.
Aged in their early 20s, they have twice...
146 workers died in workplace deaths in Turkey in January: İSİG
At least 146 workers died in work-related incidents across Turkey in January, according to a new report from the Health and Safety Labour Watch Turkey (İSİG).
Construction...
Turkey among countries enabling Israel’s genocide in Gaza: UN report
A United Nations report has accused Turkey, along with several Western and regional powers, of enabling Israel’s genocide in Gaza through continued trade, military...
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