As poverty in Turkey deepens, many unable to afford basic necessities, says Izmir neighborhood...
The Izmir City Poverty Network Association (IKYA) said poverty in Turkey has deepened so drastically in recent years that people are no longer able...
European Court of Human Rights questions Turkey on judges, prosecutors under arrest
The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has addressed a series of questions to the Turkish government due to applications lodged by former judges...
Growing number of farm laborers in Turkey are victims of occupational accidents
Seasonal farm laborers have increasingly been the victims of sometimes fatal work-related accidents in Turkey according to Ömer Fethi Gürer, a deputy from the...
Forcible pat downs are unconstitutional, Turkey’s top court rules
The Turkish Constitutional Court has ruled that the police mistreated a man who was patted down against his will and detained while sitting in...
Alevi houses marked with red paint sparks fear among residents
A number of Alevi residences were marked with red paint in Turkey's northwestern Yalova province, bringing back memories of violence against the community in...
Opposition politician sentenced to over 16 years in espionage case
A Turkish court has sentenced opposition politician Metin Gürcan, a prominent defense analyst and co-founder of the Democracy and Progress Party (DEVA), to more...
An assailant defaces Alevi cemevi in Turkey with insults, cursing
An unidentified assailant wrote insulting and curse-filled graffiti on the walls of a cemevi, an Alevi house of worship, in the northwestern province of...
Concerns over mental health of police officers rise as 4 die by suicide in...
Four police officers have died by suicide so far this year, raising concerns over the mental well-being of members of the Turkish police force,...
AKP, MHP reject motion to investigate 2015 train station bombings in Ankara
Turkey’s ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) and its ally, the Nationalist Movement Party (MHP), have rejected a parliamentary motion to investigate the deadliest...
Journalist detained twice over ‘pun tweet’
Journalist Hakan Aygün was briefly detained by Turkish police and released after giving a deposition as part of a prosecution prompted by a tweet...
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