Turkish Medical Association

As Turkey's political leaders continue to trade harsh epithets in the aftermath of a sexual abuse scandal, President Recep Tayyip Erdo?an has filed yet another complaint against the main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) leader on "insult" charges, demanding 100,000 liras in compensation for non-pecuniary damages.

The heat in the debate over main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) leader Kemal K?l?çdaro?lu's criticism against Turkey's family minister has been turned up, with K?l?çdaro?lu firing back at President Recep Tayyip Erdo?an over his use of the word "pervert."

The Confederation of Public Servants Trade Unions (Memur-Sen) has applied to the Istanbul Governor's Office for a second time to hold May 1 International Workers' Day celebrations in the city's central Taksim Square, daily Cumhuriyet reported on April 6. 

Doctors from around the world are set to discuss health issues in times of war and migration at a symposium in Turkey, as the country struggles to take care of more than 2 million migrants who have fled violence in war-torn Syria.

Turkey's social security body will not fund cancer treatment medicines for patients diagnosed with lung cancer who have ever had a smoking habit, according to a new regulation that went into effect on Feb. 3.

The Social Security Institution's (SGK) new regulation requires people with lung cancer to pay for their own treatment medicines if they have a smoking habit.

Five security officials have been wounded in an outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) attack during an operation to rescue 28 injured civilians stranded in the basement of a building in the Cizre district of southeastern ??rnak province.

PKK militants in Cizre's Cudi neighborhood opened fire against security officials using rocket launchers early on Jan. 31. 

A doctor was killed by a man, who also committed suicide, when she attempted to protect her secretary who was the attacker's ex-wife in the Black Sea province of Samsun on Nov. 19. 

Police used force to prevent an attempted march protesting the Oct. 10 Ankara Massacre in Istanbul on Oct. 13 after the Istanbul Governor's Office denied permission for the rally on the basis of "sensitivity."

Strikes, boycotts, marches and demonstrations were held around Turkey on Oct. 12 in protest against the Oct. 10 Ankara Massacre that killed at least 97 people, with funerals of the victims being held one after another, daily Hürriyet reported.

Turkey?s leading labor unions and work organizations have declared a general strike Oct. 12-13 in order to protest Oct. 10?s double suicide bombing in Ankara with an official death toll of 97 people, one of the worst in Turkey?s history.