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More than 1,700 killed in work-related accidents in Turkey in 2019: report

At least 1,736 people died in work-related accidents in Turkey in 2019, according to a report from Turkey’s Health and Safety Labor Watch (İSİG). The report also...

Turkish court releases Assyrian priest pending trial

A Turkish court on Tuesday ruled to release pending trial Sefer (Aho) Bileçen, an Assyrian priest who was arrested on Friday, the Independent Turkish service reported. The court in...

İstanbul mayor defends spouse’s attendance at jailed Kurdish leader’s play

İstanbul Mayor Ekrem İmamoğlu on Tuesday reacted to criticism directed at his wife over her attendance at a play written by jailed Kurdish politician Selahattin Demirtaş, the...

Mother of jailed ex-military cadet to launch ‘justice march’

Melek Çetinkaya, the mother of a former military cadet who has been sentenced to life in prison for his alleged role in a 2016 failed coup...

Islamist leader says Erdoğan’s party luring opposition mayors with budget allocations

Turkey’s Islamist opposition party leader has said President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s party has been trying to lure opposition mayors to join their ranks by offering to...

Turkey holds world record with 125,000 official cars

Turkey has the highest number of official cars compared to other countries around the world, according to a report drafted by a journalist. Semra Topçu, who authored...

6 pilots among 176 TSK officers facing detention warrants over Gülen links

Turkish prosecutors have issued detention warrants for 176 officers of the Turkish Armed Forces (TSK) including six F-16 pilots and four gendarmerie district commanders over alleged links...

7 cemevis granted status of house of worship in İzmir

The İzmir Municipality in western Turkey has granted the status of house of worship to seven cemevis, buildings where Alevis hold religious services, in the city,...

Opposition deputy criticizes exclusion of Kurdish languages from İstanbul Airport services

Meral Danış Beştaş, a Kurdish party deputy, has criticized the exclusion of Kurdish languages from the newly opened İstanbul airport’s translation services for international passengers, which...

Turkish prosecutor seeks up to 9 years, 4 months for novelist Aslı Erdoğan

A Turkish prosecutor has demanded up to nine years, four months in prison for novelist and journalist Aslı Erdoğan for allegedly disseminating terrorist propaganda, Deutsche Welle Turkish...

Famous social security expert, journalist briefly detained over Gülen links

Ali Tezel, a journalist and social security expert, was briefly detained on Monday due to social media posts about the Gülen movement, accused by the Turkish...

Conscript who killed Armenian-Turkish private gets 16 years in prison

A Turkish court has handed down a prison sentence of 16 years, eight months to Kıvanç Ağaoğlu, who shot a Turkish soldier of Armenian descent in...

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