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Health workers go on trial in Turkey accused of private care scheme linked to 10 infant deaths
ISTANBUL (AP) — Doctors, nurses and an ambulance driver are among 47 people on trial accused of causing the deaths of 10 infants as part of an alleged scheme to defraud Turkey’s social security system. The defendants are accused of transferring babies to neonatal units of 19...
Deaths of 10 newborns shake millions' trust in Turkey's health care system
ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — The mother thought her baby looked healthy when he was born 1.5 months early, but staff swiftly whisked him to the neonatal intensive care unit. It was the last time Burcu Gokdeniz would see her baby alive. The doctor in charge told her that Umut Ali's heart...
Hundreds in Turkey protest the arrest and ouster of opposition mayor
ISTANBUL (AP) — Hundreds gathered Thursday in Istanbul to protest against the arrest and removal from office of a mayor from Turkey's main opposition party for his alleged links to a banned Kurdish militant group. Ahmet Ozer, mayor of Istanbul’s Esenyurt district and a member of...
Mayor from Turkey's main opposition party is detained over alleged ties to Kurdish militants
ISTANBUL (AP) — A mayor from Turkey’s main opposition party was detained Wednesday on suspicion of being a member of a banned Kurdish militant group, state-run media reported. Ahmet Ozer, mayor of Istanbul’s Esenyurt district and a member of the Republican People’s Party, or...
Kurdish militants claim responsibility for deadly attack on Turkish defense firm
BAGHDAD (AP) — A banned Kurdish militant group on Friday claimed responsibility for an attack on the headquarters of a key defense company in Ankara that killed at least five people. A statement from the military wing of the Kurdistan Workers’ Party, PKK, said Wednesday’s...
Turkey and Germany leaders meet in Istanbul and find many avenues of agreement. But not on Israel
ISTANBUL (AP) — Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan met with German Chancellor Olaf Scholz on Saturday in Istanbul, where both leaders discussed bilateral concerns and opportunities for cooperation. But they couldn't agree on their respective stances toward Israel. During an...
Today in History: October 2, Marshall joins Supreme Court
Today is Wednesday, Oct. 2, the 276th day of 2024. There are 90 days left in the year. Today in history: On Oct. 2, 1967, Thurgood Marshall joined the U.S. Supreme Court at its first African American justice; he would serve on the bench for 24 years until his...
Turkish prosecutors charge 13 over Istanbul nightclub fire that killed 29
ISTANBUL (AP) — Prosecutors in Turkey have charged 13 public officials over a fire that killed 29 people at an Istanbul nightclub that was undergoing renovation, state-run media reported Tuesday. The defendants, who include current and former officials from the Besiktas...
Australian woman detained in Turkey over alleged links to Kurdish insurgents
ISTANBUL (AP) — An Australian women was arrested in Turkey over her alleged links to a Kurdish militant group in a joint operation by anti-terrorist police and intelligence officers, Turkish media said. Cigdem Aslan, 51, was detained at Istanbul airport after an investigation found...
Israel-Hamas war latest: Oct. 7 mastermind thanks Hezbollah leader for his help attacking Israel
Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar thanked Lebanon’s Hezbollah chief Hassan Nasrallah for his support in the ongoing war with Israel in a letter released Friday by Hezbollah’s media office. In the letter, dated Monday, Sinwar thanks Nasrallah for the “blessed acts” of Iran-backed...
