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1,797 workers in Turkey died in occupational accidents in first 11 months of 2018

A report on work safety released on Tuesday by the Laborers Health and Occupational Safety Assembly (İSİG) indicated that occupational accidents claimed the lives...

Turkish court rejects lawsuit aimed at cancellation of Green Road project

A court in the Turkish Black Sea province of Rize has rejected a lawsuit from locals aimed at cancellation of a controversial project known...

New courts established in Turkey with HSK decree

The first chamber of Turkey’s Council of Judges and Prosecutors (HSK) has decreed the establishment of new courts in several provinces in a recentlyissued...

HDP co-chairperson and 10 deputies go on hunger strike to support jailed deputy

Co-chairperson of the Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) Pervin Buldan announced on Monday that she and 10 other deputies from her party would go on...

Erdoğan accuses Soros, Kavala of organizing 2013 Gezi protests in Turkey

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan accused businessmen George Soros and Turkish activist Osman Kavala of being the foreign and domestic organizers of anti-government protests...

Probe finds Turkish NCOs disobeyed superiors in terror operation due to lack of planning

An investigation into a military contingent has revealed that in 2017, 48 noncommissioned officers (NCOs) objected to orders from their superiors, who wanted to...

Turkey detains 538 people over Gülen links in past week

Turkish police detained 538 people between Nov. 26 and Dec. 3 as part of its post-coup crackdown targeting followers of the Gülen movement, according...

Despite end of state of emergency in Turkey, passport limitations persist for the purged

Passport limitations on purged state personnel, particularly academics dismissed from universities, are continuing although the state of emergency that led to those restrictions was...

Soylu slams Cumhuriyet daily over report suggesting schism inside ruling AKP

Turkish Interior Minister Süleyman Soylu has criticized the Cumhuriyet daily for a news story arguing that three factions are competing inside the ruling Justice...

Turkey claims legal attaché in London sent unauthorized note to UK court

Turkey's Justice Ministry has claimed the legal attaché at its embassy in London allegedly sent an unauthorized document to a British court hearing a...

Official statement claims 52 workers died during construction of İstanbul’s new airport

An official statement issued in response to an opposition deputy’s question claimed that during the construction of İstanbul’s new airport 52 workers died in...

6 human rights defenders and politicians arrested on terrorism charges

Six human rights activists and politicians who were detained along with others during police operations in the eastern Turkish province of Malatya on Tuesday...

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