A large majority of Turkish women who work in white-collar jobs and have a university degrees say they have been exposed to violence at least once in their life
The list of suspects in the murder case of Hrant Dink, a Turkish-Armenian journalist killed in 2007 in Istanbul, has been broadened with the court listening to more high-ranking officials
Ogün Samast, the triggerman who shot Turkish-Armenian journalist Hrant Dink dead almost eight years ago, has claimed two former police chiefs were responsible for Dink’s murder
The house was first occupied 18 months ago before being converted into a communal neighborhood space
Former AKP deputy Feyzi İşbaşaran was hit in the face and attacked with eggs in two separate protests against him in Istanbul
Despite holding a lengthy meeting that did not reflect a particularly negative mood, neither the government nor the HDP have stepped back in their position regarding the definition of public order and its place in the resolution process
A Supreme Court of Appeals prosecutor has issued a notification that the seven-year, nine-month jail sentence for the policeman who shot and killed Gezi protester Ethem Sarısülük was insufficient
Prosecutor’s Office within Turkey’s Court of Cessation (Yargıtay) requested the overturning of verdict in the case of Ethem Sarısülük – a Gezi Resistance protestors killed by police officer Ahmet Şahbaz who received 7 years and 9 months of prison.
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Ankara will continue to fight against global injustice and act on behalf of a humane conscience, the Turkish president has said
The murder of transgender people in Turkey amounts to 40 percent of the total number of such killings in all of Europe
More than 2,800 miners have been laid off in the Agean coal capital of Soma, hit by the worst mining accident of Turkey’s history last May
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