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2,666 measles cases seen in 2019 as more Turkish parents refuse to vaccinate kids

Turkey saw 2,666 cases of measles in 2019, according to an official from the İstanbul Family Practitioners Association (İSTAHED), following an increase in parents’ refusal to...

Turkish delivery man could get 18 years for spitting on customer’s pizza: report

A Turkish prosecutor has demanded a sentence of up to 18 years in prison for a deliveryman who was caught on camera spitting on a pizza...

Former police chiefs among 130 sentenced to prison over Gülen links

An Ankara court has handed down jail sentences of various lengths to 130 people including jailed police chiefs on multiple charges including terrorism, the state-run Anadolu news...

Outspoken journalist, cartoonist get suspended sentences on terrorism charges

Kazım Güleçyüz, the editor-in-chief of the Yeni Asya daily, a critic of the government in Turkey, and the paper’s cartoonist, İbrahim Özdabak, have been given suspended...

Turkey’s ruling party seeks to grant ‘neighborhood watchmen’ detention powers

Turkey’s ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) has drafted a bill that allows “neighborhood watchmen” (bekçi in Turkish) to carry out ID checks and take people into...

Turkey briefly detains journalist over anonymous 2017 complaint

Turkish journalist Gülşen İşeri was detained on Wednesday morning while visiting a civil registry office for passport renewal in İstanbul and was released later in the day,...

Davutoğlu-affiliated foundation seized by Turkish government

A Turkish court on Tuesday ruled to dissolve the incumbent management of the Bilim Sanat Vakfı (Science and Art Foundation), an organization affiliated with former Prime...

81-year-old Alzheimer’s patient detained over Gülen links

A 81-year-old man who suffers from Alzheimer’s disease was detained by police in the Turkish province of İzmir on Monday due to his links to the...

Detention warrants issued for 22 including former police officers over Gülen links

Turkish prosecutors have issued detention warrants for 22 people including former police officers over alleged links to the Gülen movement, accused by the Turkish...

Hrant Dink commemorated in İstanbul 13 years after his murder: report

Hundreds of people gathered on Sunday outside the former offices of the Agos newspaper in İstanbul where Turkish-Armenian journalist Hrant Dink was murdered 13 years ago,...

Mother of jailed military cadet prevented from launching ‘Justice March,’ detained

Melek Çetinkaya, the mother of one of the military cadets who were jailed in the aftermath of a failed coup in Turkey in July 2016 and...

Travel ban forces young cancer patient to seek treatment overseas without mother

Eight-year-old Ahmet Burhan Ataç on Sunday travelled to Germany for cancer treatment without his parents, who are both victims of a purge carried out...

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