Research findings show brain drain in Turkish academia to be worryingly high 

Recent research has revealed that 12,000 academics have left Turkey with no intention of returning, the T24 news website reported.  According to a study conducted by...

3 retired brigadier generals among 4 facing detention over Gülen links

Turkish prosecutors have issued detention warrants for four people, three of whom are retired brigadier generals, over their alleged links to the Gülen movement,...

Turkish court gives aggravated life sentences to 116 cadets over their alleged role in...

A high criminal court in İstanbul on Friday handed down aggravated life sentences to three Turkish military officers and 116 cadets from the Air...

Civil servant dismissed over alleged Gülen links and stripped of state-paid medical care dies

Ramazan Çınkır, a former civil servant who was dismissed by an emergency decree over alleged links to the faith-based Gülen movement and stripped of...

PACE rapporteur calls on Turkish political parties to avoid negative stances against refugees, migrants...

Birgir Thórarinsson, rapporteur for the crisis facing Afghan refugees from the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe’s (PACE) Committee for Migration, Refugees and...

Uyghurs continue their protest in Ankara amid accusations of systematic rape in Xinjiang camps

Uyghurs living in Turkey are continuing their protest outside the Chinese Embassy in Ankara, demanding information on family members held at internment camps in...

Survey shows 83 percent of Germans against selling weapons to Turkey

According to a recent poll conducted in Germany, 83 percent of Germans are against selling weapons to Turkey. An online public survey conducted by public...

İstanbul’s jailed mayor is ‘fighting for justice’ MEP says

İstanbul’s jailed mayor, Ekrem İmamoğlu, is “fighting for justice,” a member of the European Parliament said Friday after visiting him in prison, where he...

COMMENTARY — Turkey is levying taxes on UN aid funds destined for the needy

By Abdullah Bozkurt Although the Turkish government brags about how it has spent $30 billion on refugees, which many believe to be an inflated figure,...

5-year-old girl succumbs to cancer without saying goodbye to her jailed father

Five-year-old Kübra Kuzan died of cancer on Sunday without being able to see her father, a former bureaucrat removed from his job and jailed...

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