Talks on İstanbul’s Greek Orthodox seminary revive hopes for its reopening
Ongoing talks between the Turkish government and representatives from the Greek Orthodox Halki Seminary in İstanbul have revived hopes for its reopening after remaining...
CHP MP submits parliamentary question about lack of education of autistic children
Republican People's Party (CHP) deputy Sibel Özdemir said in a parliamentary question that 92 percent of autistic children were not enrolled in school and...
Hürriyet daily spoke with pastor Brunson but failed to publish the interview
The Washington representative of Turkey’s Hürriyet daily interviewed US pastor Andrew Brunson, who was kept in pre-trial detention in Turkey on terrorism charges for...
Justice remains elusive for victims’ families on 2nd anniversary of Turkey earthquakes
Two years after the February 2023 earthquakes that devastated parts of Turkey, claiming over 53,000 lives, justice remains elusive for the families of the...
Turkey’s media watchdog gives int’l news websites 72 hours to get licenses
Turkey’s broadcasting watchdog, the Radio and Television Supreme Council (RTÜK), has given international news agencies operating in the country a 72-hour deadline to apply for...
Demirtaş’s attorney named lawyer of the week by The Times
Reyhan Yalçındağ Baydemir, one of the lawyers for Selahattin
Demirtaş, a jailed Kurdish politician in Turkey, has been selected as
lawyer of the week...
Turkey sees record number of young worker deaths despite gov’t pledge to combat child...
The number of underage deaths from occupational accidents reached a record high in 2024, despite the Turkish government's pledge to effectively prevent such fatalities,...
Ailing philanthropist dies amid calls for his immediate release from prison
Yusuf Bekmezci, a jailed 82-year-old businessman and philanthropist convicted of links to the Gülen movement, died on Saturday amid calls for his immediate release...
Another family calls on Turkish authorities to release ailing loved one from prison
The wife of a former teacher who was imprisoned for alleged links to the Gülen movement called on authorities to release her husband, saying...
Lawyer for defendants in MİT arms transportation case gets 7.5 years in prison
The lawyer who represented defendants in a case that exposed Turkish intelligence agency trucks carrying arms to Syria in 2014 was handed down a...
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