Some 8 million women in Turkey downloaded domestic violence app since 2018
Widespread fears of domestic violence have driven 7,830,000 women in Turkey to download the Women’s Emergency Support Application (KADES) since its launch in 2018,...
Conditions in Kayseri Bünyan and Tarsus prisons dismal, says parliamentary Human Rights Committee
The Turkish Parliament's Human Rights Committee has said in a report that conditions in Tarsus and Kayseri Bünyan prisons were dismal and needed major...
Turkish daily claims pressure on advertising has caused financial problems
The Turkish Karar daily announced in its Monday edition that businesspeople and advertising agencies have been urged not to place ads in the newspaper,...
Turkish authorities detain 71 people over alleged Gülen links: minister
Turkish authorities detained 71 people over the past week for alleged links to the faith-based Gülen movement, Interior Minister Ali Yerlikaya announced on Friday.
Yerlikaya...
23-year-old dies after being hit by Turkish police vehicle in Şırnak
Abdulgaffar Dayan (23) died on Wednesday after he was hit by an armored police vehicle in the southeastern province of Şırnak, the Mezopotamya News...
Turkey did not obtain Khashoggi recording through surveillance: minister
Defense Minister Hulusi Akar on Monday said that Turkey did not obtain an audio recording related to the killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi at...
RTÜK fines pro-opposition broadcaster for revealing phone call with expert witness
Turkey’s media watchdog, the Radio and Television Supreme Council (RTÜK), has imposed an administrative fine on Halk TV for airing a phone conversation between...
Mother of 2 hasn’t seen children in 7 months due to distance between prison...
Zeynep Köyden, a jailed mother of two, said in a letter to Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) deputy Ömer Faruk Gergerlioğlu that she has not...
Turkish prosecutor charges 120 people in Gezi Park investigation: report
Turkish prosecutors filed criminal charges for at least 120 people and have launched investigations into more than 600 suspects for their participation in the...
9 defendants sentenced to life in retrial over assassination of Turkish-Armenian journalist
A Turkish court has sentenced nine defendants to life in prison in the retrial of public officials accused of complicity in the 2007 assassination...
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