Academics for Peace signatories struggling to find steady jobs: report
A report published by the Turkish Human Rights Foundation (TİHV) on Friday revealed that signatories of the Academics for Peace (BAK) declaration of Jan....
Prominent Turkish footballers investigated over alleged links to Gülen movement
The İstanbul Chief Public Prosecutor’s Office has launched an investigation into famous footballers Emre Belözoğlu, Arda Turan, Okan Buruk and Bülent Korkmaz for their...
Int’l press advocacy groups urge Turkish gov’t to withdraw espionage amendment
Prominent international media freedom groups called on the Turkish government to withdraw proposed amendments to an anti-espionage law in Turkey shortly after the government...
Kurdish leader Demirtaş’s books displayed among criminal ‘evidence’ seized in police raid
Three books authored by Kurdish leader Selahattin Demirtaş -- "Leylan," "Devran" and "Seher" -- were displayed among criminal “evidence” seized in a police raid...
Laborers stop work at İstanbul airport construction site over 3-month delay in wages
More than one hundred workers at İstanbul’s new airport construction site launched a work stoppage on Monday because they have not received their wages...
Turkey investigates main opposition leader for ‘targeting’ controversial prosecutor
Turkish prosecutors have launched an investigation into Özgür Özel, leader of the main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP), for his recent remarks targeting İstanbul’s...
Turkish prosecutors ordered detention of 342 people over alleged Gülen links in a week
Turkish prosecutors have over the past week ordered the detention of 342 people on terrorism charges due to their alleged links to the faith-based...
Weakened Turkish lira hits pharmacies, drug supplies in Turkey
Patients are finding it increasingly difficult to acquire drugs in the marketplace due to a currency crisis in Turkey, Nurten Saydan, the head of...
ECtHR refers judgment on man convicted over Gülen links, criticized as unfair, to its...
The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has decided to refer the case of Şaban Yasak, convicted in Turkey of alleged links to the Gülen movement,...
Prosecutor declines to pursue case against gendarmes who allegedly threw refugees into Evros River
The Edirne Chief Public Prosecutor’s Office has declined to pursue a case against gendarmes who allegedly threw refugees into a river after they were...
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