CHP MP submits parliamentary question about lack of education of autistic children
Republican People's Party (CHP) deputy Sibel Özdemir said in a parliamentary question that 92 percent of autistic children were not enrolled in school and...
Claims of mistreatment and psychological abuse arise in Afyon T-type prison
Family members of inmates in Turkey's Afyon T-type prison have claimed prison authorities subjected prisoners to mistreatment and psychological abuse, Bold Medya reported.
One man...
Spying by Turkish diplomats in Singapore triggered criminal investigation in Turkey, documents reveal
The Turkish government used its diplomats in Singapore to profile opponents of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and gather intelligence about them to help...
Dismissed academic gets 10 years in prison on terrorism charges
A Turkish court has handed down a prison sentence of 10 years to an academic who had been dismissed from her job in the...
Turkey’s private ANKA news agency closes after 46 years
Turkey's private ANKA News Agency closed on Tuesday after 46 years in business, according to a report by the Cumhuriyet daily.
ANKA, which had reported...
HDP’s Yüksekdağ: After isolation in Turkish prison, the first thing I’ll do is go...
"After almost two years of isolation , one of the first things I will do is go among people,” said Figen Yüksekdağ, the imprisoned former...
European rights court poses questions to Turkish gov’t on ByLock messaging app
The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) posed a series of questions to the Turkish government about the ByLock messaging app in the case...
Turkish police detain 29 people including journalists and academics in İstanbul
Turkish government has detained 29 Kurds and Alevis, including journalists and academics, in İstanbul on Wednesday.
According to a report by Berlin-based online news...
Wives of 8 Gülen-linked suspects detained on allegations of terrorism
The wives of eight men suspected of links to the Gülen movement were detained on Tuesday as part of an investigation into the faith-based...
6.986 scholars purged from Turkish universities in wake of July 15 coup attempt
The data has been collected by tukeypurge.com and web portal Freedom for Turkish Academics so far, shows 6.986 scholars have been purged from Turkish...
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