Inmate suffering from advanced cancer in Kandıra Prison cannot receive proper healthcare

An inmate in Kocaeli Kandıra Prison with stage four stomach cancer cannot access proper healthcare and has not been taken to a hospital for...

Turkish textile company fires female workers for unionizing

Acarsoy Textile, located in Turkey's Bursa province, fired four female workers in March for taking part in union activities, the Duvar news website reported. The...

Former teacher serving sentence on Gülen links says his health has taken a turn...

A former teacher who was imprisoned for alleged links to the Gülen movement said in a letter to his family that his health had taken...

Woman serving sentence for conviction of Gülen links complains of insects and foul odors...

A mother of three who was arrested to serve a sentence for conviction of links to the Gülen movement told her family during a...

35 percent of Syrian children in Turkey unable to attend school: report

A recent report by the Turkish Ministry of Education has revealed that 35 percent of Syrian refugee children living in Turkey were not attending...

Greek border guards send Turkish asylum seekers back home to be arrested

A group of Turkish asylum seekers over the weekend were pushed back to Turkey by Greek border guards and arrested upon arrival, the Bold...

80-year-old Kurdish inmate dies of cancer in Turkish prison

Kurdish inmate Abdo Baran, 80, who was suffering from end-stage colon cancer, died on Thursday in southeastern Turkey's Mardin province after being denied release...

Man arrested for criticizing President Erdoğan and Turkish gov’t in street interview

A man who criticized the Turkish government's policies in a street interview was arrested on Thursday for insulting President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and "inciting...

Turkish police use excessive force during Nevruz celebrations in Diyarbakir

Turkish police used excessive force during Nevruz celebrations on Monday in southeastern Diyarbakırprovince, the TR724 news website reported. Celebrations of the spring festival started early...

Women’s rights activists slam government proposal to combat gender-based violence as ‘inadequate’

Women's rights activists have criticized a government proposal to combat gender-based violence, saying it was inadequate to protect women and lenient on perpetrators of...

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