Phone app used by minister slammed for unlawful personal data acquisition
An application on Turkish Interior Minister Süleyman Soylu’s smartphone that can determine a person’s identity in just a few seconds after his photo is...
Turkey bans access to 26 URLs, websites reporting on sentencing of DW journalist
A Turkish court on Tuesday blocked access to 26 websites and URLs, including news websites, blogs and social media accounts, for reporting on the...
Scabies outbreak in earthquake region sparks concern, say Turkish doctors
Doctors have expressed concern over a scabies outbreak in tent cities located in an area of Turkey struck by two powerful earthquakes in February,...
Syrians in Turkey’s earthquake zone grapple with outbreaks and poor living conditions
Syrian refugees in Turkey’s earthquake zone are contending with contagious diseases and poor living conditions, the Duvar news website reported.
Speaking to journalist Burcu Özkaya Günaydın,...
295 detained, 61 arrested in a month as part of crackdown on HDP
Nuray Özdoğan, co-spokesperson for the pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party’s (HDP) law and human rights commissions, has said 295 people were detained and 61 were...
31,131 workers have died in occupational accidents during AKP rule: İSİG
Turkey has recorded 31,131 deaths in work-related accidents since the Justice and Development Party (AKP) came to power in November 2002, according to a report by...
133 parliamentarians from PACE, OSCE to monitor elections in Turkey
A total of 133 parliamentarians representing the parliamentary assemblies of the Council of Europe (CoE) and the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe...
İstanbul mayor’s bus pelted during election campaign
Angry protesters on Sunday pelted the İstanbul mayor’s campaign bus with stones while he was touring Turkey’s conservative heartland ahead of next weekend’s general...
Turkish police detain 23 during Saturday Mothers’ 945th weekly demonstration
Turkish police have detained 23 people, including activists and family members of the Saturday Mothers, during the group’s 945th weekly demonstration in İstanbul’s Galatasaray...
21 women in Turkey fell victim to femicide in April
A total of 21 women in Turkey were murdered by men last month, while 23 died under suspicious circumstances, according to data from the We Will...
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