Turkey’s Social Security Institution denies pension bonus to dismissed civil servant despite legal precedent
Turkey’s Social Security Institution (SGK) has denied a retirement payout to a civil servant dismissed after a 2016 coup attempt, despite Constitutional Court rulings...
Turkey detains 24 people over alleged Gülen links
Twenty-four people across Turkey have been detained by the police for alleged links to the Gülen movement, a faith-based group accused by the government...
Dismissed teacher reinstated 2 years after her death from cancer
Emine Yürükçü, a teacher who was fired from her job by a government decree without due process, has been reinstated two years after her...
Turkey’s Ege University demands TL 338,860 from protesting students
Ege University in the western Turkish city of İzmir has demanded TL 338,860 ($70,000) from 38 students for damages they caused to a campus...
Turkey blocks 940 accounts, shuts down 93 Telegram groups after school attacks
Turkish authorities blocked access to 940 social media accounts and shut down 93 Telegram groups following two deadly school attacks as part of a...
Turkey’s top prosecutor who seeks to close pro-Kurdish party visits nationalist group in parliament
Turkey’s top prosecutor, who filed a closure case against the pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) in March 2021, paid a visit to the nationalist...
Turkey accuses UN of intervening in proceedings over killing of human rights lawyer Elçi
In its official response to a joint UN letter about the investigation into the killing of lawyer and human rights defender Tahir Elçi, the Turkish government...
Turkey never used Brunson as a bargaining chip, claims Turkish President Erdoğan
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan broke his silence about threats of sanctions made by US President Donald Trump and claimed that Turkey never used...
Turkish court again convicts journalist of terrorist propaganda in posts despite top court ruling
A Turkish court on Wednesday again handed down a suspended sentence of 15 months to journalist Neşe İdil on charges of disseminating terrorist propaganda...
Student suicide sparks demonstrations over cost of living in Eskisehir province
University students in Turkey’s Eskisehir province on Monday demonstrated against the increased cost of living following the suicide of a fellow student, local media...
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