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Museum opening in Belgian city of Hasselt exposes extent of purge in Turkey

The Purge Museum, an initiative that collects and exhibits items belonging to individuals who survived Turkey’s massive crackdown on the Gülen movement, has opened in the Belgian...

1,477 killed in work-related accidents in Turkey in first 10 months of 2019

At least 1,477 people died in work-related accidents in Turkey in the first 10 months of 2019, according to a report from Turkey’s Health and Safety...

Interior minister calls İstanbul mayor a ‘fool’ due to gov’t criticism in Strasbourg

Turkish Interior Minister Süleyman Soylu called İstanbul Mayor Ekrem İmamoğlu a “fool” due to his recent criticism of the Turkish government at a Council of Europe...

Turkish ministry removes 15th Kurdish mayor from office since local elections

Nilüfer Elik Yılmaz, the mayor of a district in Turkey’s Mardin province, has become the 15th Kurdish mayor to be removed from office by the Interior...

In violation of law Turkish court keeps 6-months-pregnant woman in prison

A Turkish court has ruled to continue the pretrial detention of a woman arrested two weeks ago despite the submission of a medical report confirming her...

Hundreds detained in Turkey in crackdown on criticism of Syria incursion: Amnesty

Hundreds of people have been detained in Turkey for commenting or reporting on Turkey’s recent military offensive in northeast Syria and are facing absurd criminal charges...

26 out of every 100 university graduates in Turkey unemployed, report reveals

A report drafted by Turkey’s main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) has revealed that the number of unemployed university graduates in Turkey has risen to 1.3...

Offering apology, Erdoğan aide calls post-coup purge of public servants a ‘disaster’

Former Deputy Prime Minister and Parliament Speaker Bülent Arınç, who is currently a member of the Presidential Higher Advisory Board, has described the purge of thousands...

Removal of Kurdish mayors from office violates rule of law, İstanbul mayor says

İstanbul Mayor Ekrem İmamoğlu on Wednesday criticized the removal of elected Kurdish mayors through the appointment of trustees as a violation of the rule of law and...

Charges against ODTÜ students attending LGBTI parade must be dropped, Amnesty says

Amnesty International has launched an urgent action campaign to urge Turkey’s justice minister to help in dropping criminal charges against Middle East Technical University (ODTÜ) students...

Demirtaş slams Turkish opposition over support for Syria incursion

Selahattin Demirtaş, the former co-chair of the Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP), has criticized Turkey’s opposition for supporting the government’s cross-border offensive into northeastern Syria, the Artı Gerçek...

University students face investigation for questioning rights violations, jailing of children with mothers

An investigation has been launched into a group of students from Gaziantep University in southeastern Turkey for staging a protest against rights violations in Turkey and the...

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