Hundreds of children are locked up in Turkish prisons alongside their mothers. Authorities have said they now want to create more family-friendly living arrangements, but human rights activists doubt this will help. Huseyin Sahnaz remembers ...
The authoritarianism of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, center, and the cronyism in his governing party are undermining Turkey’s economy and education system.CreditCreditEuropean Pressphoto Agency, via Shutterstock ANKARA, Turkey — Once jailed for reciting a ...
ANKARA/ISTANBUL (Reuters) — Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan has gone on the warpath against the main opposition days ahead of a re-run of a mayoral vote in Istanbul, scrapping plans to avoid divisive rhetoric that some ...
Canan Ş., one of the thousands of teachers who were fired by the Turkish government due to their alleged links to the Gülen movement, committed suicide in the western province of Denizli on Monday, Turkish ...
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has said opposition candidate for İstanbul mayor Ekrem İmamoğlu cannot assume the post if he does not apologize to a governor whom he allegedly insulted, according to Turkish media reports ...
In the wake of the 2016 coup attempt, torture and abusive and degrading treatment are again becoming the norm in Turkish prisons, rather than the exception, Turkish news site Diken saidon Tuesday. “Allegations of torture in ...
Turkish officers escort people after their arrest for alleged links with Gulen in this April 26, 2017 file photo. — AFP ANKARA — Turkish police on Tuesday launched nationwide raids to detain 168 individuals suspected of ...
Turkey is seeking imprisonment for two Bloomberg journalists who allegedly attempted to damage Turkey’s economic stability through reporting on the country’s ongoing economic crisis. Turkey is the world’s leading jailer of journalists. While tens have been sentenced in recent ...
The Australia-based Institute for Economics and Peace (IEP) released its Global Peace Index 2019 yesterday (June 12). The thirteenth edition of the Global Peace Index has ranked 163 states and territories according to their level ...
Istanbul is one of the most famous cities in the world, on account of a storied history encompassing myriad great events. As Byzantium, it was first the fortress of the eastern Roman Empire and then ...