Disaster resilient schools funded by World Bank, EU withstood quakes in Turkey
Disaster resilient schools built in southern Turkey with support from the World Bank, the Global Facility for Disaster Reduction and Recovery (GFDRR) and the...
Pro-gov’t daily targets Turkish journalist in antisemitic attack
The pro-government Takvim daily yesterday launched an anti-Semitic attack against Karel Valansi, a Turkish journalist and foreign policy analyst, in a report critical of...
Turkish gov’t investigates 203,518 people over links to Gülen movement thus far
Turkish prosecutors have investigated 203,518 people as part of Turkish government's massive post-coup witch hunt campaign targeting alleged members of the Gülen movement in...
5 ISIL militants who killed 3 police officers in Turkey had been acquitted months...
Five of the six Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) militants who shot three police officers dead in a pre-dawn raid in...
6-year-old boy accompanying mother in prison is released without mother, sparking concern over well-being
A 6-year-old boy who has accompanied his mother in prison since infancy has been entrusted to the care of relatives while his mother and...
Severely disabled man kept in solitary cell despite medical report citing imminent health risk
A severely disabled inmate is being kept in a solitary cell despite a medical report saying he is not able to take care of...
Lawyers for Turkey’s jailed Kurdish presidential candidate apply to ECtHR
Lawyers for Selahattin Demirtaş, the jailed presidential candidate of the pro-Kurdish Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP), applied to the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR)...
Lawyer slams ‘scandalous’ indictment concerning Turkish reporter’s death
Prosecutors want to charge two suspects with manslaughter rather than murder over the death of a Turkish journalist known for his environmental reporting, in a move...
Systemic problems are causing spike in measles cases, warns TTB
Problems in Turkey’s healthcare system and incorrect policies are causing a surge in measles cases in the country, the Turkish Medical Association (TTB) warned.
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Turkish journalists constantly risk their lives, says HDP deputy co-chair
Turkish journalists risk their lives every day by simply trying to do their job, Tayip Temel, deputy co-chair of the pro-Kurdish Peoples' Democratic Party...
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