Turkey’s İstanbul second least healthy city in the world
İstanbul was ranked the second least healthy city in the world among 89 cities surveyed for designated criteria in research conducted by home renting...
Turkey records 364 deaths in the textile industry in the last decade
Turkey has recorded at least 364 deaths in the textile industry in the last 10 years, the Bianet news website reported, citing the Health and...
Turkish-Kyrgyz educator’s abduction shows Ankara’s ruthless disregard for law: HRW
The abduction, forcible disappearance and extrajudicial transfer of educator Orhan İnandı to Turkey by Turkish and Kyrgyz authorities amount to egregious violations of international...
Turkey’s Erdoğan: If they have their dollars, we have our God
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on Thursday tried to calm the Turkish people over the historic loss in value of the Turkish lira against...
Turkish military carries out new airstrikes against militants in Iraq, Syria: report
Turkey said it had destroyed 23 targets in overnight airstrikes on Kurdish militants in northern Iraq and Syria, a further escalation of the conflict...
Erdoğan ousts Boğaziçi University rector Bulu after months-long protests
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on Thursday replaced a top İstanbul university rector whose controversial appointment led to months of student-led protests against his...
Turkish court rejects US pastor Brunson’s appeal for release for second time
A Turkish court in İzmir province has rejected an appeal for US pastor Andrew Brunson to be released from house arrest during his trial on...
Donations collected for earthquake victims found abandoned in municipal storage room
Donations collected by Istanbul’s Üsküdar Municipality to be sent to Turkey’s earthquake zones have been sitting in a makeshift storage room for the past...
Concern mounts about possible Turkish law on media funding
Press freedom groups expressed concern Friday about comments by Turkish officials concerning possible legislation to regulate foreign funding for media and the dissemination of...
IPI report indicates WhatsApp groups another side of censorship in Turkey
Turkey’s government is increasingly sharing news items with journalists via WhatsApp groups, ready to be “copied and pasted” in the next day’s paper, the International...
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Human Rights in Turkey: 2023 in Review
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