Uyghur American elected as chairman of US Commission on International Religious Freedom

Jun 25, 2022

Washington [US], June 25 : Uyghur-American lawyer Nury Turkel, who was born in Kashgar in a detention camp during China's Cultural Revolution was unanimously...

Veteran actor Joe Turkel passes away at 94

Jul 02, 2022

Washington [US], July 2 : Actor Joe Turkel, best known for his roles in 'The Shining' and 'Blade Runner', is no more.

Former Israeli Supreme Court Justice Jacob Turkel dies

May 30, 2023

Turkel was born in 1935 in Tel Aviv to Austrian immigrants. He graduated from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem's law school in 1960.