Drugs becoming scarcer in Turkish pharmacies due to currency crisis
Turkish pharmacists association chairman Erdoğan Çolak has stated that data show 503 types of drugs are being distributed only on a limited basis to...
Turkey’s top court finds rights violations in death of teacher in custody, notifies wife...
Turkey's Constitutional Court ruled last year that Turkish authorities violated the right to life and the prohibition of torture and ill-treatment in the case...
Education ministry sacks teacher over criticism of Erdoğan’s ‘Turkey’s Century’
A teacher who allegedly targeted “Turkey’s Century,” a campaign promise made by President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan to elevate Turkey to global prominence, was fired...
Top court rejects CHP petition seeking cancelation of parole law that excludes political prisoners
Turkey’s Constitutional Court on Wednesday rejected an appeal by the main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) for a stay of execution of a parole...
Turkish gov’t’s ultranationalist ally: Any Turk who applauds lira’s plunge should lose citizenship
Mustafa Destici, chairman of the Turkish government's ultranationalist ally the Grand Unity Party (BBP), has said people who are pleased with the Turkish lira’s...
Turkey’s top court annuls digital search law over privacy safeguards
Turkey’s Constitutional Court has annulled a criminal procedure law that allowed judges to authorize searches and the copying and seizing of suspects’ computers and...
Turkey convicts journalist over criticism of former interior minister, gendarmerie commander
A Turkish court has convicted journalist Zafer Arapkirli of insult charges due to his social media criticism of former interior minister Süleyman Soylu and...
Teachers fleeing Ankara’s crackdown to be deported to Bulgaria by Germany, fear possible extradition...
A German court has rejected the asylum applications of two Turkish teachers who worked for schools affiliated with the Gülen movement in Vietnam, ruling...
Turkish man with $1 bills acquitted of Gülen links after admitting cocaine purchase
Mehmet Sinan İnce, a lawyer who had represented Turkey’s infamous mob boss Alaattin Çakıcı, was acquitted by a Turkish court of membership in the...
Children of female inmates face malnutrition, developmental risks in Turkish prison, inspection report finds
Children living with their incarcerated mothers in a women's prison in Bursa province face risks including malnutrition and developmental problems due to poor living...
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