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Paralyzed former teacher arrested to serve sentence for conviction of Gülen links

A former teacher who has been suffering from paralysis for 19 months was sent to prison after a top appeals court upheld a sentence...

3 Jordanian teenagers beaten in Ä°stanbul in apparent hate crime

Amid increasing anti-migrant sentiment in Turkey, three Jordanian teenagers were beaten in an apparent hate crime while waiting for a taxi in Ä°stanbul, the...

Purge victim mother of 4-month-old dies by suicide

Emine Üzel Ahmadı, 29, the mother of a 4-month-old baby and a former lawyer who was dismissed by an emergency decree as part of...

Ankara mayor has 70 pct of Kurdish vote in possible presidential election: MetroPoll

Political observer, pollster and owner of the MetroPoll company Professor Özer Sencar has said that Ankara Mayor Mansur Yavaş has the potential to receive...

‘Arbitrary’ Gezi Park trial verdict rendered ‘under political pressure,’ Kavala says

Businessman and rights defender Osman Kavala has said in a written statement that a recent court decision sentencing him to life in prison and...

Producer briefly detained over short film ‘Silent Invasion’ on Syrian refugees in Turkey

Hande Karacasu, the producer of a short film about Syrian refugees in Turkey that also provides statistics refuting the country’s official figures on refugees,...

Turkish air force pulls out of military exercise in Athens

Turkey's air force has pulled out of a military exercise scheduled to be held in Greece next month, Agence France-Presse reported, citing security sources...

Turkey’s civil society condemned to silence after Kavala life sentence

In 2013, peaceful protests began in May in Ä°stanbul's central Taksim Square against plans to redevelop a part of the iconic site but spiraled...

Turkey ordered detention of 89 people over alleged Gülen links in a week

Turkish prosecutors have over the past week ordered the detention of 89 people including teachers, lawyers, active duty, and dismissed military officers and former...

Worker for gov’t housing agency claims construction site authorities beat him for refusing to put in more overtime

A construction worker, who worked for Turkey’s Housing Development Administration (TOKI), claimed he had been beaten by worksite authorities after refusing to work overtime,...

Amid a culture of impunity, courts protect people in positions of power, lawyers say

Lawyers involved in legal proceedings concerning vulnerable communities in Turkey have said the judiciary often protects people in power by granting them impunity, the...

Erdoğan hints at being Public Alliance’s presidential candidate for 2023 elections

Turkish President Recep Tayyip ErdoÄŸan has announced that the Public Alliance, which includes his ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) and its ally, the...

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