Greek high court rules to not overturn Turkish soldier’s asylum
The Greek Council of State has rejected an appeal by the Greek government against the asylum of one of eight Turkish soldiers who fled...
COMMENTARY — NATO simulation in Norway reveals Turkey’s Trojan horse
By Abdullah Bozkurt
A Russian-Iranian proxy group led by neo-nationalist leader Doğu Perinçek, a close ally of Turkey’s Islamist President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, has been...
Trump says no concessions to Turkey for detained American pastor’s release
US President Donald Trump on Monday ruled out agreeing to any demands from Turkey to gain the release of a detained American pastor and...
Turkish journalist tells horrific stories of people abducted by MİT, tortured in Ankara building
Cevheri Güven, a Turkish journalist living in exile, has said in recently released video footage that people who were abducted by Turkey's National Intelligence...
3 people trying to flee persecution in Turkey detained at Greek border
The Turkish government on Monday detained three people, including the general manager of a private school closed by a government decree under a now-ended...
Turkish court lifts travel ban for Turkish-German journalist Meşale Tolu
A Turkish court has lifted a travel ban on German journalist Meşale Tolu, who was arrested last year on terrorism-related charges, the German Press...
New report reveals unprecedented clampdown on foreign journalists in Turkey
Turkey, the most notorious country in the world in terms of jailing journalists, with 237 currently behind bars, has also come after foreign reporters...
NRC reports Turkish-Dutch youngsters trained by radical Islamist Nureddin Yıldız in Turkey
The political Islamist National View (Milli Görüş) organization has taken dozens of Turkish-Dutch youngsters to Turkey in recent years to have them taught by...
Turkish Cypriot journalist, his newspaper file suit against Turkey’s Erdoğan
Şener Levent and Turkish Cypriot publishing company Afrika have filed a lawsuit against Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan for instigating attacks on the newspaper...
Trump says Turkey has ‘acted badly’ in Brunson case
US President Donald Trump on Friday said the United States was not going to take Turkey’s detention of US Christian pastor Andrew Brunson “sitting...
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Turkey's record on torture and ill-treatment continued to deteriorate in 2025, despite its commitments under international human rights conventions.
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