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PHOTO: Nomad Capitalist website. Turkey’s Justice Ministry is working on a regulation to reinstate the passports of 150,000 public servants whose travel documents were cancelled after they were purged from their posts in the aftermath ...
Some 150,000 public sector workers have lost their jobs since the attempted putsch which the government says was orchestrated by US-based preacher Fethullah Gulen, leading to a mass crackdown on alleged supporters (AFP Photo/OZAN KOSE) ...
Saturday Mothers, a group of activists and relatives seeking the whereabouts of loved ones who disappeared while in police custody in the 1990s, held a protest on Saturday with the wives of abductees who were ...
A purged civil servant has discovered an entry on the web page of Turkey’s Constitutional Court that points to a possible predisposition against the cases of individuals dismissed from public service due to alleged links ...
Ercin Top / Anadolu Agency Turkish prosecutors have been conducting an investigation into İyi (Good) Party leader Meral Akşener since 2016 due to her alleged links to the Gülen movement, which is accused by the ...
Formerly jailed Pastor Andrew Brunson talked about his ordeal in Thursday’s hearing. He said as Turkish media and government continue to smear him, he loves the people and believes Turkey is ripe for “spiritual harvest.” ...
Human Rights Defenders (HRD) filed a criminal complaint with the Office of the German Federal Public Prosecutor (GBA) against 248 individuals including government agents over allegations of torture, the TR724 news website reported on Thursday. ...
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 ...
AFP PHOTO Turkey’s Finance Minister Berat Albayrak has sent a thank you note to businessman Hüseyin Nuri Çomu, who was convicted of terrorism due to his alleged links to the Gülen movement, Turkish media reported ...
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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 ...