Turkish gov’t reluctant to assign 1,100 newly graduated medical doctors on basis of security...
Turkish government has reportedly not assigned at least 1,100 newly graduated medical doctors, who have still been waiting for the security/intelligence investigation to be...
HRW: Prosecutions of alleged followers of Gülen movement lack of evidence, criminal activity
New York-based international human rights organisation, Human Rights Watch (HRW), has highlighted worsening situation with regards to human rights, rule of law, freedom of...
Turkish agricultural engineer goes missing in Rize province
An agricultural engineer, Nuh Yiğit, has disappeared in the Black Sea province of Rize where he went earlier this week to look for a...
28 EP members send letter to Kosovo’s Thaçi and Haradinaj over 6 abducted Turkish...
Twenty-eight members of the European Parliament sent a letter on Monday to Kosovo President Hashim Thaçi and Kosovo Prime Minister Ramush Haradinaj on the...
HRW calls on May to speak out on human rights during Erdoğan’s visit
David Mepham, the UK director of Human Rights Watch (HRW), has called on Prime Minister Theresa May to use the visit of Turkish President...
Canadian HR activist to jailed Turkish journalist Parıldak: We love you, think of you,...
"Please know that we love you, think of you, and do our best to make sure the world knows you. You are not alone....
Turkish police detain 10 people during demonstrations marking terror attack
Turkish police on Friday detained 10 people who were attempting to make statements to the press at demonstrations in Ankara and İstanbul marking the third...
Turkish authorities refuse to allow jailed woman who lost parents in traffic accident after...
Turkish authorities have reportedly refused to allow Nurşen Kılıç, who was imprisoned by the Turkish government as part of it massive post-coup witch hunt...
Turkish gov’t issues detention warrants for 22 people over alleged links to Gülen movement
The Turkish government issued detention warrants on Monday for 22 people, including six active duty officers from the Turkish Naval Forces and the Coast...
Turkish university stops printing textbooks amid paper crisis in country
A Turkish university has announced that it will not to be printing textbooks for the 2018-2019 academic year amid an ongoing paper crisis triggered...
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