Turkey
Turkey’s election body finalizes decision to cancel election of purge victim mayors
April 19, 2019
Turkey’s election body finalizes decision to cancel election of purge victim mayors
Turkey’s Supreme Election Board (YSK) on Thursday confirmed its decision to annul the election of mayors who were purged from…
MHP executive says CHP aims not to serve nation but to destroy one man rule, bring democracy
April 19, 2019
MHP executive says CHP aims not to serve nation but to destroy one man rule, bring democracy
A top executive from Turkey’s Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) has said the country’s main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) does…
Child participation in workforce rises to 21.1 percent in Turkey
April 19, 2019
Child participation in workforce rises to 21.1 percent in Turkey
The participation of children in the workforce in Turkey has risen to 21.1 percent in 2018 from 20.3 percent the…
Company executive in Turkey’s worst mining disaster released from prison
April 19, 2019
Company executive in Turkey’s worst mining disaster released from prison
Can Gürkan, an executive of a mining company in the western Turkish city of Soma in Manisa province, where Turkey’s…
Teacher who said ‘Don’t let children die’ on TV jailed again
April 19, 2019
Teacher who said ‘Don’t let children die’ on TV jailed again
Teacher Ayşe Çelik, who during a TV program in 2016 called for an end to clashes between Kurdish militants and…
8 Turkish journalists to start serving prison sentences
April 19, 2019
8 Turkish journalists to start serving prison sentences
Turkey is about to send eight journalists and media staff to prison after their sentences were upheld by an appeals…
Palestinian resistance figure visits HDP deputy on hunger strike
April 16, 2019
Palestinian resistance figure visits HDP deputy on hunger strike
Leila Khaled, a member of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP), on Monday paid a visit to…
Economist briefly detained over allegations of insulting President Erdoğan
April 16, 2019
Economist briefly detained over allegations of insulting President Erdoğan
Turkish economy writer Mustafa Sönmez was detained on Sunday over his social media posts and released the same day after…
Turkish lawyer claims beaten by Erdoğan’s bodyguards in İstanbul
April 16, 2019
Turkish lawyer claims beaten by Erdoğan’s bodyguards in İstanbul
A Turkish lawyer on Tuesday claimed he was beaten by bodyguards of President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan after he objected to…
Veteran Turkish journalist faces up to 9 years in prison
April 16, 2019
Veteran Turkish journalist faces up to 9 years in prison
A Turkish prosecutor has demanded up to nine years, four months of imprisonment for journalist Hasan Cemal for allegedly spreading…