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Turkish gov’t accused of turning prisons into enterprises, exploiting inmates’ labor: report

The Turkish government has been accused of turning its low-security prisons, where more than 60,000 inmates are employed in revenue-generating jobs for very low...

As Me Too gains momentum in Turkey, 62 NGOs stand up for sexually abused women in joint statement

As more and more Turkish women reveal on social media their memories of sexual assault by men, 62 nongovernmental organizations in Turkey have released...

Father of soldier burned to death by ISIL claims Turkey forced son to join ISIL as informant

The father of one of two Turkish soldiers who were allegedly burned to death by Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) terrorists...

Hot mic reveals judge spoke with Erdoğan aide on phone before coup trial

The head of the panel of judges hearing a trial concerning involvement in a failed 2016 coup in Turkey had a phone call with...

Only 28 percent of Turkish Parliament personnel are women, inquiry reveals

A parliamentary inquiry submitted by an opposition deputy has revealed that only 28.4 percent of personnel in the Turkish Parliament are women, with the...

Minority newspapers in Turkey are struggling to survive

Alin Ozinian Turkey’s Press Advertising Agency (BİK), the state body responsible for regulating publicly funded advertisements in the media, during its last general assembly of...

Lawyer demanding fair trial re-arrested, beaten by police in custody

Aytaç Ünsal, a lawyer who had until recently been on a hunger strike in support of his demand for a fair trial, was detained...

Pregnant woman claims sexually harassed, insulted by prosecutor during interrogation

Nigar Kocabaş, a pregnant woman who in 2016 was interrogated by Chief Public Prosecutor İbrahim Keskin in the northern Turkish city of Samsun for...

Turkey plans to administer Chinese COVID vaccine to 5 mln people: report

Turkey plans to start vaccinating people against the novel coronavirus on Dec. 25, administering 450,000 injections daily, according to a news report by the...

Turkey’s top judicial body denies complaint alleging corruption, battery by senior judge

Turkey's Board of Judges and Prosecutors (HSK) has denied claims that it received a complaint filed against a high-ranking member of the judiciary by...

Turkey’s far-right party leader calls for closure of pro-Kurdish opposition party

Devlet Bahçeli, leader of the far-right Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) and election ally of President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, has called on the Turkish judiciary...

Turkey’s Presidential Communications Directorate to make documentary, movies in İstanbul

The Department of Strategy Development of Turkey’s Presidential Communications Directorate is planning to shoot a documentary and two movies within three months, Turkish media...

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