4+ hour, 27+ min ago  (766+ words) Lila, a graduate of Marmara University's English language teaching department, said she taught middle school English for nearly five years at the private school in Sar'yer, an Istanbul district on the European side of the city. She said she also…...

3+ hour, 13+ min ago  (164+ words) A Turkish court on Wednesday ordered the arrest of four people in "anakkale province over alleged links to the faith-based G'len movement, the state-run TRT Haber reported. Police detained nine people, including six alleged members of the G'len movement who…...

6+ day, 4+ hour ago  (350+ words) Turkey has blocked an LGBTQ+ cruise ship chartered by a US travel company from docking at two Turkish ports, saying the voyage was incompatible with the country's "moral values" and forcing organizers to change the Mediterranean itinerary, Turkish Minute reported....

1+ week, 2+ day ago  (397+ words) Amnesty International has called on Turkish authorities to lift a 13-day ban on protests in Ankara and release people it described as arbitrarily detained ahead of the 36th NATO summit, as the number of people jailed pending trial in security operations…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago  (405+ words) Afghan migrants accused Turkish border forces of beating, robbing and abandoning them in freezing weather near the Iranian border, leaving 11 people with amputations and at least 20 others dead, according to a BBC Afghan Forensic investigation published by BBC's Turkish service,…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago  (589+ words) Turkey's Constitutional Court has ruled that a former teacher's terrorism conviction violated his right to a fair trial because lower courts relied mainly on allegations that he used By Lock, an encrypted messaging app Turkish authorities link to the faith-based…...

3+ week, 3+ hour ago  (578+ words) Turkey's European Union membership talks cannot resume without concrete democratic progress, the European Parliament's rapporteur on Turkey said at a Wednesday press conference. Nacho S'nchez Amor, the Spanish lawmaker who leads the European Parliament's reporting on Turkey, said the EU…...

3+ week, 3+ day ago  (724+ words) A European Parliament report scheduled for a vote on June 17 will urge the European Union to consider targeted human rights sanctions against Turkish Justice Minister Ak'n G'rlek over his role in politically sensitive prosecutions, Turkish Minute reported. Vladimir Prebili, a…...

3+ week, 6+ day ago  (912+ words) Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I has said minorities in Turkey and Greece should not be treated as hostages to political disputes between the two countries, while expressing hope that a long-closed Greek Orthodox seminary in "stanbul could be allowed to reopen…...

3+ week, 6+ day ago  (1268+ words) A Belgian appeals court has recognized a former teacher from Turkey as a refugee, ruling that his past ties to the faith-based G'len movement and Turkey's continuing crackdown on the group establish a risk of prosecution even when an applicant…...