Dismissed Turkish civil servant dies by suicide after imprisonment, sons’ life sentences
A 67-year-old man died by suicide in Ankara late Monday after years of fallout from a coup attempt in Turkey in 2016, including dismissal...
Film about Turkey’s purge victims cut from festival, drawing criticism
The organizing committee of the Golden Orange Film Festival in Turkey’s Antalya province has removed a documentary depicting the plight of victims of a...
Turkish authorities detain 14 female university students on Gülen charges
A total of 14 female university students were detained in Turkey's capital of Ankara on June 1 for alleged links to the Gülen movement,...
Turkish gov’t issues detention warrants for 8 people over alleged exam fraud
The Ankara Chief Public Prosecutor's Office has issued detention warrants for eight alleged members of the Gülen movement for their alleged involvement in police...
Dismissed Turkish civil servant hospitalized after reported suicide attempt in prison
A Turkish civil servant dismissed by an emergency decree after a coup attempt in 2016 and later sentenced to prison was hospitalized after attempting...
Record number of doctors sought to leave Turkey in September, TTB data show
Statistics from the Turkish Medical Association (TTB) show that a record number of 321 physicians applied for a certificate of good standing in advance...
Jailed air force cadet not allowed to attend parents’ funeral
Murat Can Güney, 27, a former air force cadet sentenced to life imprisonment on coup charges, was not allowed to attend his parents’ funeral...
UN calls on Turkish government to stop jailing women with children
The Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) on Tuesday said 600 women with young children were being held in...
Turkey blocks probe into officials for alleged negligence in 2025 wildfire that killed 10
Turkish authorities have declined to authorize an investigation into 36 public officials over alleged negligence in a wildfire that killed 10 people in 2025,...
Top prosecutor in Turkey defies Constitutional Court ruling, says jailed MP should not be...
The office of Turkey’s top prosecutor has found the continued incarceration of an opposition lawmaker legally appropriate despite a recent ruling from the country’s...
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