Columnist’s hate campaign against inmate with cancer ends in his death
Radical Islamist Turkish daily Yeni Akit columnist Mehtap Yılmaz’s hate campaign targeting cancer patient Ümit Gökhasan and his release from prison delayed the medical...
Pro-government Turkish journalist arrested after social media post criticizing justice minister
Zihni Çakır, a journalist known for his pro-government stance, was arrested on Saturday following a social media post in which he criticized Justice Minister...
Turkish state broadcaster reporter faces backlash for social media post endorsing assassinating political opponents
A reporter for Turkey’s state broadcaster has been facing public backlash after he posted a comment on social media seemingly endorsing the government-led assassination...
Amnesty International’s Turkey Chair Kılıç re-detained by Turkish government
Taner Kılıç, the president of Turkey’s branch of international human rights group Amnesty International, was redetained shortly after a court ordered his release pending...
Jailed Turkish scholar and journalist Ali Ünal honored at religious freedom summit in Washington
Ali Ünal, a prominent Turkish Islamic scholar, Qur’an translator and longtime columnist for the now-closed Zaman newspaper, was honored this week at the International Religious...
Army conscript claims he was beaten for speaking in Kurdish
Çetin Doğan (20), a conscript in the Turkish army, has claimed that he was beaten for speaking in Kurdish during his military service and...
Dismissed teacher, denied release from prison until too late, succumbs to cancer
Ramazan Aktaş, a former history teacher dismissed under an emergency decree in the aftermath of a 2016 coup attempt in Turkey and imprisoned over...
Turkish Education Ministry’s removal of co-education clause from regulations stirs debate
The removal of a co-education clause from the Education Ministry's regulations by the Turkish government led by President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has stirred a...
Explosion in Ankara mine injures 14 workers
An explosion at a coal mine in Turkey’s Ankara province on Thursday morning injured 14 workers, including one who is in serious condition, the...
Turkish gov’t rejects 24 diplomats from Western countries as electoral observers
Twenty-four diplomats from 11 Western countries have been denied permission to observe the Turkish electoral process in Sunday’s parliamentary and presidential elections as part...
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