Turkish gov’t says operations targeting Gülen movement could extend to US
Turkey’s presidential spokesman İbrahim Kalın said during a press conference on Friday that the Turkish government would continue its global manhunt for followers of...
HDP deputies slam ‘Might of the Turk’ video shot in demolished Şırnak
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Pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) has blasted over a video showing that Turkish security forces demolished residential buildings in Şırnak province and using hate...
Turkish President Erdoğan’s advisor: We’ve defeated the US five times since 2015
Retired Brig. Gen. Adnan Tanrıverdi, a top advisor of Turkish autocratic President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, said Turkey has defeated the US five times since...
Turkey Purge: 3,158 detained, 1,127 jailed in past 30 days over coup charges
A huge cleansing of Turkey’s state and other institutions is continuing as people from all walks of life find themselves being hunted down, taken...
Turkish state-run Anadolu news agency harasses exiled journalist Vatandaş
Turkey's state-run Anadolu news agency (AA) has harassed yet another Turkish journalist who has been forced to live abroad, contributing to the intensified campaign of...
Erdoğan targets West: Some haven’t forgotten the pain of losing İstanbul
Continuing to target the West during his nonstop “yes” campaign ahead of an April 16 referendum on a switch to an executive presidency, Turkey's...
Turkey’s Erdoğanist columnist: Bitcoin ‘a secret communication tool’ used by Gülen followers
Pro-government Yeni Akit newspaper's staunchly Erdoğanist columnist Abdurrahman Dilipak alleged in his column that Bitcoin is "a secret communication tool" used by the alleged...
Turkey’s Beşiktaş mayor apologizes for Freddie Mercury tweet marking LGBT Pride Week
Murat Hazinedar, mayor of İstanbul’s Beşiktaş district, apologized for a tweet from the municipality’s official account on the occasion of LGBT Pride Week.
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AKP’s Austria head says rejection of executive presidency would lead to civil war
In a video shared online the representative of the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) in Austria Mahmut Koç says if the transition to...
Peace academics in exile sued by Turkish gov’t over ‘propaganda of terror organization’
A lawsuit has been filed by the İstanbul Chief Prosecutor's Office against the 100 academics, who took refuge in Germany, over allegedly "propagandizing the...
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Human Rights in Turkey: 2022 in Review
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This report highlights the most important developments in the area of human rights in Turkey during the year 2022. Authoritarianism continued to gain ground...