UN rights chief demands end to Gaza killings, calls for justice
Israeli live fire that killed at least 59 people and injured over 2,770 people in Gaza on Monday must stop immediately and the international...
JWF report shows tremendous increase in number of asylum seekers from Turkey
A new report released by the New York-based Journalists and Writers Foundation (JWF) shows a tremendous increase in the number of asylum seekers from Turkey and urges...
US senator tells Turkey: Take a cue from North Korea, release American hostages
Senator James Lankford, a Republican from Oklahoma, on Thursday gave a speech on the Senate floor lambasting Turkey for the unjust imprisonment and bogus...
RSF launches campaign to protest Turkey’s Erdoğan during UK visit
Reporters Without Borders (RSF) along with several other international press freedom organizations have launched a campaign to protest Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, who has...
Turkish ambassador draws ire as she implies Gülen-affiliated schools in Macedonia raise terrorists
Turkish Ambassador to Macedonia Tülin Betül Kara has drawn ire following remarks she made last week that shocked the country about schools linked to...
UN: Turkey must lift state of emergency for credible elections to take place
"Protracted restrictions on the human rights to freedom of expression, assembly and association are incompatible with the conduct of a credible electoral process in...
EP President Tajani calls for fair and free elections in Turkey
The Turkish people must be given the opportunity to participate in elections that are free and fair, with the media being allowed to ensure...
Greek commission approves Turkish soldier’s request for asylum
The Greek Asylum Commission on Tuesday approved the petition of a second Turkish military officer suspected of involvement in a controversial coup attempt in...
COMMENTARY — Turkey’s troubles with the US are poisoning trade ties
By Abdullah Bozkurt
As expected, Turkey’s troubling disengagement from political and security cooperation with the United States due to President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s anti-Western, Islamist...
Report: 2,000 Turkish Jews have applied for Portuguese citizenship
Some 2,000 Turkish Jews have applied for Portuguese citizenship since Portugal’s government decided to grant nationality through naturalization to the descendants of Sephardic Jews...
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Turkey's campaign of transnational repression against critics abroad continued throughout 2025. Since a coup attempt in July 2016, President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s long arm...
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Dehumanizing a Legacy: How Fethullah Gülen’s Death Triggered a Campaign of Hate Speech in...
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Sippenhaft, also known as...