Journalist assaulted allegedly for exposing corruption in Turkey’s Kurdish-majority district
On the night of 29 August, Mehmet Karakeçili, editor-in-chief of local TV channel Viran TV, was assaulted by Ismail Ekinci, ...
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Turkey: Yazidis under threat from village guards unable return to their lands
A group of Yazidi families from Şanlıurfa (Rîha) in southeast Turkey have accused village guards in the same area of ...
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12-year-old boy found dead in Turkish religious school, autopsy reveals poisoning
The mysterious death of 12-year-old Abdulbaki Dakak, who was forcibly sent to an unauthorised religious school, or madrasa, associated with ...
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Torrential rains cause further floods in Turkey’s quake-stricken cities
After deadly floods last month, torrential rains once again descended on Turkey's Kurdish-majority earthquake-stricken provinces of Adıyaman (Semsûr) and Şanlıurfa ...
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Turkey: Quest for justice will dominate elections in southeastern city of Urfa
Voters in Turkey’s southeastern province of Urfa (Riha), will in the elections on 14 May witness a race between the ...
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Wanted suspect of Şenyaşar family murders dies in hospital
A defendant who was wanted but never arrested over a case regarding three members of a Kurdish family killed in ...
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Quake survivors’ outrage against Turkish government grows after deadly floods
The death toll from Tuesday’s devastating floods that hit Turkey's southeastern Kurdish provinces has risen to 15 as of Thursday, ...
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Citizens pulled injured from rubble of newly-collapsed six-story building in Turkey’s Şanlıurfa
People have been pulled injured from under the rubble after a seriously weakened six-story building collapsed on Sunday in Turkey's ...
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Couple in their 60s allegedly tortured in southeast Turkey
A married couple, a man of 61 and a woman of 60, have been subjected to torture and mistreatment while ...
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