Category: Politics

Seventy percent of the teachers in Turkey are afraid of losing their jobs, according to a poll conducted by the Eğitim-Sen trade union, because of government decrees that have dismissed some 41,000 public servants from ...

An indictment against Professor Osman Şimşek, who used to be the rector of the Namık Kemal University in Tekirdağ, is seeking a jail sentence of up to 15 years for him on terrorism charges due ...

At least 743 children along with their mothers are being held in Turkey’s prisons, a report released by the Human Rights Association (İHD) revealed. Ercan Yılmaz, a lawyer and an official from the Diyarbakır branch ...

President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on Tuesday said that Turkey is not bound by verdicts of the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) following the court’s decision calling for the release of  Kurdish leader Selahattin Demirtaş ...

The nine international organizations, on Wednesday, issued a letter aimed at European Union officials who are scheduled to meet with a Turkish delegation this week, urging them to take action to address the freedom of expression crisis in ...

Turkish prosecutors has demanded an aggravated life sentence for the former co-mayor of Nusaybin in southeastern Turkey on charges of terrorism. Sara Kaya, a Kurdish mayor who was detained in a house raid on Jan. ...

Abdulhalim C., the deputy governor of the northwestern province of Karabük, has been detained over his alleged links to Turkey’s Gülen group, the Birgün daily reported on Sunday. Turkey experienced a military coup attempt on July 15 that ...

Police have thwarted attempts by Turkish women to mark the International Day for Elimination of Violence against Women in Istanbul’s famed Istiklal Avenue. According to Turkish media outlets and several human rights defenders, police fired ...