Turkish gov’t arrests 17, detains 13 people for allegedly promoting terror on social media
The Turkish government on Saturday jailed 17 people and detained 13 over their alleged promotion of the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) and for...
Turkish gov’t detains 25 gendarmerie officers over alleged links to Gülen movement
Turkish police on Saturday detained 25 gendarmerie officers including some who had previously been suspended over alleged links to the faith-based Gülen movement as...
COMMENTARY — UAE sweep exposes Turkish intelligence links to jihadists in Syria
By Abdullah Bozkurt
The government of autocratic President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, which has aided, funded and armed jihadist groups in Syria for years, is troubled...
Turkish gov’t jails teacher Semra Çakır and her 2-year-old daughter to blackmail husband
The latest victim of the Turkish government's tactic of guilt by association with the purpose of blackmail is Semra Çakır, a 41-year-old teacher, and...
HDP’s Sarıyıldız: Silence of UN in face of Turkish gov’t’s crime against humanity not...
Faisal Sarıyıldız, an exiled deputy from Turkey's pr0-Kurdish Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP), stated in a speech at the United Nations Human Rights Council’s 37th...
HDP calls Turkish prisons ‘torture centers,’ urges EP, EU and UN to take action
Turkey's pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) on Friday called on the United Nations, the European Parliament and the European Commission to "urgently" take action...
Turkey’s emergency rule commission approves 100 job reinstatements out of 6,400
The State of Emergency Procedures Investigation Commission, which was established by a decree-law issued on Jan. 23, 2017, announced that it has finalized a...
İHD: 1,154 prisoners sick, 402 of them in serious condition, across Turkey
The Prisons Commission of Turkey's Human Rights Association (İHD) announced on Friday that there are 1,154 ill prisoners in jails across Turkey, with 402...
Turkish court arrests 2 Greek soldiers detained in northwestern Turkey on espionage charges
A Turkish court has arrested two Greek soldiers who were detained after crossing the border into northwestern Turkey on Friday, inadvertently they claim, on...
Turkish gov’t issues detention warrants for 197 people over alleged links to Gülen movement
The Turkish government issued detention warrants for 197 people on Friday as part of its massive post-coup witch hunt targeting alleged members of the...
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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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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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