Dismissed police officer reinstated to job 3 years after death

A former police officer who was fired in a wide-ranging purge in the aftermath of a coup attempt in Turkey in July 2016 and...

Mother of 3 arrested on Gülen charges, leaving children to the care of relatives

A mother of three was arrested on Thursday for alleged links to the Gülen movement, leaving her children to the care of relatives, the...

Mother of former military cadet stages protest in Ankara, demanding justice for imprisoned...

Melek Çetinkaya, the mother of a former military cadet who is serving a life sentence for allegedly participating in an abortive putsch in Turkey...

Mother of 3 imprisoned on Gülen charges had panic attacks after separation from children

A mother of three who was arrested for alleged links to the Gülen movement said in a letter that she had panic attacks due...

Family of jailed former police officer hasn’t seen him in 2 years due to...

The family of former police officer Ali Osman Kayan, a father of four serving a sentence for conviction of links to the Gülen movement,...

Turkish military doctor says he fled to Germany to avoid torture in Turkey

A former Turkish military doctor who worked on a navy logistical support ship until a coup attempt in July 2016 said in an interview...

Turkish lawyers criticize government proposal seeking restrictions on alimony

Turkish lawyers in an interview criticized a government proposal to restrict the duration of alimony, saying it aimed to stop women from seeking divorce,...

Georgia trying to shut down private university at the request of Turkish gov’t

Georgian authorities have reportedly tried to close the private International Black Sea University (IBSU), which was founded in 1995 in Georgia's capital of Tbilisi,...

Migration experts say majority of Syrians do not want to go home in response...

Following Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan's announcement last week that his government is working on a new project to ensure the “voluntary” return home...

Türk Telekom denies service to Kurdish woman for not speaking Turkish

Fevziye Başaran (65), who only speaks Kurdish, her native language, was denied service by Türk Telekom in the southeastern city of Batman for failing...

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