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Purge-victim teacher dies of cancer after spending 3 years in jail

Tacettin Toprak, a 36-year-old teacher who was purged from his job by the Turkish government in the aftermath of a failed coup in July 2016, died...

503 forest fires scorch 1,344 acres of Turkish land in a month: report

Turkey has experienced 503 forest fires in the last month, according to the Habertürk news website, destroying 1,344 hectares of land. A total of 1,345 forest fires...

Medical student jailed over Gülen links begs for justice in letter

Münise Kübra Çakırçoban, a medical student who was put behind bars three years ago due to alleged links to the Gülen movement, has asked for justice...

Turkey jails yet another pregnant woman on terrorism charges

A woman who is in the fourth month of her pregnancy and was detained by police during a raid on her house in Diyarbakır’s...

AI invites activists to urge Turkish authorities to investigate missing men’s whereabouts

Amnesty International on Tuesday issued an urgent action document calling on human rights activists and concerned people to write letters urging Turkish authorities to investigate and...

Court arrests 4 men allegedly abducted by Turkish intelligence

Four out of six men who were allegedly abducted by the Turkish intelligence agency in February and were missing for months were arrested by a court...

Pregnant woman jailed over Gülen links sent back to prison after losing baby

Hanife Çiftçi, who was jailed in June when she was seven weeks pregnant due to her alleged links to the Gülen movement, lost her unborn baby...

Turkish journalist in exile reunites with daughter 3 years after fleeing Turkey

Turkish journalist Arzu Yıldız, who had to flee Turkey in 2016 to avoid a still-ongoing persecution of journalists critical of the government, has been reunited with...

Thousands of Turks march against planned gold mine: report

Thousands of Turks including opposition lawmakers staged a peaceful and unusually large protest on the outskirts of a small western town on Monday against what they...

Video exposes police negligence during heart attack of teacher tortured in custody

Bold Medya has released a video showing the negligence of police officers in the death of Gökhan Açıkkollu, a purged history teacher who died...

Prosecutors say report targeting journalists is free speech, no need for investigation

Turkish prosecutors have found no reason to investigate a controversial report compiled by a pro-government think tank examining foreign news networks and listing the personal details of...

Purged teacher tells of torture, sexual abuse in police detention

A teacher who was removed from his job and subsequently arrested due to his alleged links to the Gülen  movement in the aftermath of a failed coup...

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