Turkey
Professor fired from university after promoting teenage pregnancy
May 18, 2020
Professor fired from university after promoting teenage pregnancy
İstanbul Aydın University has fired an academic due to controversial remarks made during a TV program in which he seemingly…
Vice president says 70 pct of countries sought help from Turkey to fight coronavirus
May 18, 2020
Vice president says 70 pct of countries sought help from Turkey to fight coronavirus
Turkish Vice President Fuat Oktay has said two-thirds of the world’s countries, around 70 percent, have asked for assistance from…
Prosecutor rules no need for probe into death of teacher tortured in custody
May 18, 2020
Prosecutor rules no need for probe into death of teacher tortured in custody
The İstanbul Chief Public Prosecutor’s Office has once again ruled that there is no need to investigate the death of…
Turkish police detain 38 suspects in deadly Van attack
May 15, 2020
Turkish police detain 38 suspects in deadly Van attack
Turkish authorities have detained 38 people including the local head of the pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) in relation to…
Turkey suspends judge over support for late Grup Yorum member
May 15, 2020
Turkey suspends judge over support for late Grup Yorum member
Turkey’s Board of Judges and Prosecutors (HSK) has suspended Judge Ayşe Sarısu Pehlivan over her social media posts in support…
Rapid spread of COVID-19 in the notorious Silivri Prison in Istanbul, Turkey
May 13, 2020
Rapid spread of COVID-19 in the notorious Silivri Prison in Istanbul, Turkey
Disturbing news are coming out of the Silivri prison in İstanbul, Turkey. According to the İstanbul Bakirkoy Chief Public Prosecutor,…
Turkish President Erdoğan’s chief advisor endorsed al-Qaeda-affiliated Egyptian Islamic Jihad
May 13, 2020
Turkish President Erdoğan’s chief advisor endorsed al-Qaeda-affiliated Egyptian Islamic Jihad
The Turkish president’s chief aide, who advises on Turkey’s relations with Arab and Muslim nations, was found to have been…
Boy, who battled Turkish state to be with parents, dies from cancer
May 12, 2020
Boy, who battled Turkish state to be with parents, dies from cancer
A 9-year-old cancer-stricken Turkish boy, who was in a months-long campaign against the state to be reunited with his parents,…
Covid-19 Spreading Fast in Turkey’s Prisons, Rights Defenders Warn
May 11, 2020
Covid-19 Spreading Fast in Turkey’s Prisons, Rights Defenders Warn
Two separate reports by rights defenders and lawyers say that Covid-19 is spreading in prisons across the country and call…
Turkey arrests popular Twitter users for spreading ‘terrorist propaganda’
April 8, 2020
Turkey arrests popular Twitter users for spreading ‘terrorist propaganda’
Turkish authorities on Friday arrested two of the three well-known anonymous Twitter users who were detained on Wednesday and Thursday.…