Former Turkish minister wanted in the US returns to ruling AKP
Former Turkish Economy Minister Zafer Çağlayan, wanted in the United States, has returned to the Justice and Development Party (AKP), columnist Batuhan Çolak wrote...
COMMENTARY — Fukara-Der: Turkey-backed charity funneling European funds to jihadists
By Abdullah Bozkurt
The mushrooming of new Islamist NGOs and foundations in Turkey, especially in border provinces near Syria and Iraq, apparently with the encouragement...
New electoral amendments go into effect after hasty approval by Turkish Parliament
A 26-article legislative package that makes it possible for political parties to form election alliances and amends some parts of the Election Law ahead...
Germany launches investigations into controversial boxing club linked to Turkish gov’t
German prosecutors on Tuesday morning initiated investigations into members of Osmanen Germania BC, a controversial boxing club in three regions of the country that...
Turkish opposition leader slams prosecutor office statement on Açıkkollu’s death
Turkey's main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) leader Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu on Tuesday hit back at a statement issued by the Istanbul Chief Public Prosecutor’s...
Turkish government seeks life in prison for jailed US pastor Brunson
A Turkish prosecutor on Tuesday demanded life imprisonment for American pastor Andrew Brunson, who has been jailed in Turkey since October 2016, over alleged...
Turkish gov’t issues detention warrants for 34 military officers and more over alleged links...
The Turkish government on Tuesday issued detention warrants for 25 military officers and detained eight others as part of its massive post-coup witch hunt...
Turkish gov’t keeps pregnant teacher, husband under police custody for 7 days
The Turkish government has kept a Sinop teacher who is reportedly pregnant with her second child, as well as her husband, in police custody...
Cases opened against 3 people for spying on Erdoğan critics in Denmark
Three people are facing trial on charges of spying on critics of autocratic Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, the Evrensel daily reported on Monday...
Turkish teacher dismissed from job over alleged links to Gülen movement commits suicide
Thirty-eight-year-old teacher Mehmet Koşar, who was dismissed from his job by a government decree issued under a state of emergency declared in the aftermath...
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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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