Former Turkish teacher convicted over Gülen links denied hospital transfer as health worsens: Lawmaker
A former Turkish teacher convicted of alleged links to the Gülen movement is facing a serious health crisis in prison, but authorities have not...
Former public servant believed to have died in work-related accident
A former public servant who was fired by a government decree after a coup attempt in Turkey on July 15, 2016 is believed to...
Turkish court finds Interior Ministry responsible for the death of 12 year-old Kurdish girl
A Turkish court has found the Ministry of the Interior culpable for the death of 12-year-old Ceylan Önkol, who was killed in 2009 after...
Video shows Turkey’s Erdoğan pressuring party officials to ensure HDP remains under election threshold
Turkish President and Justice and Development Party (AKP) leader Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has urged his party’s local officials to ensure that the pro-Kurdish Peoples’...
Turkish prosecutors file indictment for influencer over video allegedly mocking religious values
Turkish prosecutors have filed an indictment seeking up to three years in prison for social media influencer Murat Övüç, who was arrested in December...
Authorities at Ankara’s Sincan Prison are arbitrarily revoking parole rights of political prisoners
Prison authorities in Ankara’s notorious Sincan Prison have been arbitrarily revoking political prisoners’ right to parole, the Tr724 news website reported.
According to prisoners, they are...
HDP women’s committee starts campaign against sexism in parliament
The women's council of the Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP), a left-wing party with majority Kurdish support, has initiated a signature campaign against sexist and...
German party urges Özil and Gündoğan be dropped from World Cup squad over Erdoğan...
The anti-immigrant Alternative for Germany (AfD) on Tuesday called for Turkish-German soccer players Mesut Özil and İlkay Gündoğan, who had their photographs taken with...
CHP youth branch leader arrested over post criticizing new justice minister
A Turkish court on Thursday ordered the arrest of a local youth leader from the main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) over a social...
Wife expresses outrage over insensitive tweet from employer after death of husband
The wife of a railway worker who died on Tuesday morning in a work-related accident expressed outrage over what she called an insensitive tweet...
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