Istanbul Forensic Institute

One dead, five injured in multiple workplace accidents in Turkey

One worker has died and five others have been injured in three separate workplace accidents in Turkey.

The deceased worker, identified as Ahmet Hamdi Özmercan, died at a hospital in the northwestern province of Edirne on Nov. 2 after he was severely injured when he became stuck under a caterpillar at a stone quarry in Edirne's Ke?an district.

Two Istanbul women killed despite dozens of complaints over death threats

Two women in Istanbul's Çekmeköy district have been killed by the former husband of one of them, despite filing dozens of complaints with state institutions.

Ay?e Yaz?c?, 38, and her friend Leyla Ad, 40, were killed after Yaz?c?'s former husband Behçet Y?ld?z, 44, shot Yaz?c? in the chest and Ad in the head at around 3:30 p.m. on Sept. 14.