Turkish courts arrest 88,000 people over alleged links to Gülen movement since 2016 coup...
The Turkish government has investigated over 445,000 people and arrested some 88,000 as part of its massive post-coup witch hunt targeting alleged members of...
Turkish gov’t sells company seized over alleged Gülen links at far below market value
Turkey’s Savings Deposit Insurance Fund (TMSF) has sold at well below its market value Naksan Holding, once one of Turkey’s largest corporations before it was...
JWF report shows tremendous increase in number of asylum seekers from Turkey
A new report released by the New York-based Journalists and Writers Foundation (JWF) shows a tremendous increase in the number of asylum seekers from Turkey and urges...
Victim of Turkey’s post-coup purge says she was insulted and subjected to physical violence...
A former public servant who was dismissed by a government decree after a 2016 coup attempt in Turkey has said she was subjected to...
Turkey’s Council of Forensic Medicine sends ailing Kurdish politician back to prison after 3-day...
Turkey's Council of Forensic Medicine (ATK) on Friday sent jailed Kurdish politician Aysel Tuğluk, who suffers from dementia, back to a maximum security prison...
Woman who suffered brain hemorrhage in police detention handcuffed to hospital bed
A female detainee who suffered a brain hemorrhage in detention and was unable to move was handcuffed by police to her hospital bed, the...
Criticism mounts over lack of effective response to forest fire in SE Turkey
Criticism has been growing over the lack of an effective response to a forest fire in the Şemdinli district of Turkey’s southeastern Hakkari province,...
129 people die in workplace accidents in Turkey in April
A total of 129 people died in workplace accidents in Turkey in April, according to a report by the Health and Safety Labor Watch...
18 women appear in court for participating in demonstration against withdrawal from Istanbul Convention
Eighteen women had their first court hearing today in Turkey's Izmir province for participating in an August 2020 demonstration against government plans to withdraw...
Jailed Turkish journalist Ahmet Turan Alkan: I will not apologize to the tyrant
Prominent Turkish columnist and political scientist Ahmet Turan Alkan, who used to write for Zaman daily which was closed by the government led by...
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