Police officer who stopped car of AKP lawmaker fired after 2-year investigation
A police officer who had stopped the car of a Justice and Development Party (AKP) lawmaker in 2021 has been fired after a...
Turkey escalates mass detentions in new wave of crackdowns on Gülen movement
Turkey has escalated the mass detention of people over alleged links to the Gülen movement, ordering the detention of 69 individuals in new wave...
Asylum applications to Europe have skyrocketed, says head of EU Delegation to Turkey
The head of the European Union Delegation to Turkey has said EU countries were becoming increasingly stringent in assessing visa applications from Turkey since...
İstanbul sees deaths from measles as cases surge: medical chamber
İstanbul is experiencing a surge in measles cases as well as a number of deaths from the viral infection, according to the İstanbul Medical Chamber...
Wife expresses outrage over insensitive tweet from employer after death of husband
The wife of a railway worker who died on Tuesday morning in a work-related accident expressed outrage over what she called an insensitive tweet...
Dozens of migrants dead, 100 rescued as boat sinks off Greece
At least 78 migrants died after their fishing boat sank off the Peloponnese, Agence France-Presse reported, citing Greece’s coastguard on Wednesday, as fears mounted...
5 months after major earthquakes in southeastern Turkey, survivors still have difficulty accessing basic...
Five months after major earthquakes hit southeastern Turkish provinces, access to clean water and food remains severely limited, the Gazete Duvar news website reported.
Nearly half...
Twitter co-founder says Turkey, India, Nigeria threatened to shut down platform: report
Twitter co-founder Jack Dorsey, who resigned as CEO in 2021, said the social media platform was threatened with being shut down in Turkey, India...
Funding for humanitarian operations in Syria, neighboring host countries at critical low: IOM
Director General of the International Organization for Migration (IOM) António Vitorino has raised the alarm over the lack of adequate funding for humanitarian operations required to...
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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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During the year Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan continued to relentlessly pursue anyone with alleged links with the faith-based Gülen movement, which he described...
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Human Rights in Turkey: 2024 in Review
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Throughout the year Turkey continued...
Dehumanizing a Legacy: How Fethullah Gülen’s Death Triggered a Campaign of Hate Speech in...
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Sippenhaft, also known as...