Jon Ironmonger BBC Investigations BBC Hayley Butler began suffering from pain and vomiting soon after undergoing surgery in Turkey An obesity doctor has told an inquest his team has dealt with more than 100 problems in patients who have undergone weight loss surgery in Turkey. Tanveer Adil, who works at Luton & Dunstable Hospital, was...
A federal judge has ordered the release of a Turkish student at Tufts University who is being held in Louisiana after US immigration officials arrested her in Massachusetts. Rumeysa Ozturk, 30, testified virtually at a court hearing on Friday, where US District Judge William Sessions said the student met all the conditions needed for release...
Ed JONES/AFP Anti-government protests have erupted in Turkey after the arrest of the popular mayor of Istanbul British acts Muse and Robbie Williams are facing pressure from pro-opposition supporters in Turkey to scrap summer tours of the country over allegations that the local concert organiser insulted anti-government protesters. Abdulkadir Ozkan denounced some protesters’ acts as...
. The Communist Party of Britain stands in solidarity with the Communist Party of Turkey and calls for the immediate and unconditional release of TKP members and other prisoners who have been detained and arrested in the recent protests against state repression! Below is a letter from our General Secretary, Robert Griffiths: Dear Comrades of TKP,...
A Turkish student attending Tufts University was arrested by US immigration officials in Massachusetts and is being held in detention in Louisiana. Rumeysa Ozturk was detained on Tuesday outside Boston, as she was walking to an Iftar meal to celebrate Ramadan. Video shows masked, plain-clothes officers handcuffing and leading her to an unmarked car. Tufts...