Hundreds of thousands lost their jobs in Turkey-Syria earthquake: ILO
Hundreds of thousands of workers in Turkey and Syria have lost their livelihoods due to the earthquake, the United Nations said Tuesday, as it...
Justice delayed is justice denied: Another purge victim reinstated to his job postmortem
Mehmet Nasır Sönmez, a teacher who was fired from his job by a government decree without due process, was reinstated two months after his...
Turkey authorizes second investigation into Ankara mayor amid crackdown on main opposition
Turkey’s Interior Ministry has authorized a second investigation into Ankara Mayor Mansur Yavaş of the main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) over allegations linked...
Turkish-German footballers received by German president after Erdoğan row
German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier on Saturday met with two German football players with Turkish roots who have been at the center of a political...
Antakya’s earthquake victims doubt Erdoğan’s rebuilding pledge
Retired construction worker Ali Çimen looked at the pile of rubble raising dust over his former neighborhood and scoffed at the idea that Turkey’s...
Turkey’s intel agency to target exiled journalist, Erdoğan’s advisor says
Mesut Hakkı Caşın, the Turkish president’s advisor on security and foreign policy, openly threatened a Swedish-based Turkish journalist with murder on live TV, broadcast...
Purge victim forced into unsafe job dies months after workplace accident
Hakan Ceniklioğlu, a former police officer dismissed over alleged links to faith-based Gülen movement, died on Friday after four months in intensive care following...
Turkish gov’t issues detention warrants for 46 military officers over alleged Gülen links
The Turkish government issued detention warrants for 46 military officers in 17 provinces across Turkey on Thursday as part of its massive post-coup witch...
Migrants among 6 killed in car crash near Greece-Turkey border
Five migrants and a Greek motorist were killed in a collision on a highway near the border between Greece and Turkey on Saturday, police...
11-year-old son of jailed purge victims diagnosed with cancer
Eleven-year-old Hakan Dağdeviren, whose parents were arrested on politically motivated terrorism charges, was diagnosed with leukemia last week, leading to calls from human rights...
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