Turkish gov’t removes directional signs for Trump Towers Mall in İstanbul
In response to US President Donald Trump’s decision to recognize Jerusalem as the capital of Israel, Turkey on Friday removed directional signs to Trump...
Graham Fuller: ‘I am lucky not to be living in Turkey now’
Graham Fuller, a former CIA officer, has refuted Turkish government's charges that he took part in last year’s abortive putsch and expressed doubt about...
Turkish police officer, who saved Erdoğan on night of coup, arrested over links to...
A police officer, who helped save Turkish autocratic President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s life on the night of the coup as part of a three-person...
Turkish gov’t detains dozens of people, sentences 114 for imprisonment over alleged links to...
Turkish government has issued detention warrants for dozens of people as it detained tens of them including military officers while İstanbul 22nd High Criminal Court...
Press groups call on EU to be less deferential towards Turkey on rights violations
Several international press organization under the flagship of the European Federation of Journalists (EFJ) urged the European Union (EU) and its member states to use their...
Zarrab says he resumed violating sanctions at Turkish President Erdoğan’s order
Turkish-Iranian gold trader Reza Zarrab, a key prosecution witness in the New York trial of a Turkish banker charged with violating US sanctions on...
Turkish gov’t reluctant to assign 1,100 newly graduated medical doctors on basis of security...
Turkish government has reportedly not assigned at least 1,100 newly graduated medical doctors, who have still been waiting for the security/intelligence investigation to be...
This time house of an Alevi family in Turkey’s Manisa province marked with red...
Amid tension arising from the marking of Alevi houses in a neighborhood in the province of Malatya, a red cross mark was painted on...
TL 1 million of Naksan Holding, run by Turkish gov’t appointed trustee, stolen
Approximately 1 million Turkish Lira (TL 130,000 and $230,000) of Gaziantep-based Naksan Holding, which was seized by Turkish government under the rule of emergency...
Turkey’s top biographer, journalist Kalyoncu behind bars for 501 days over tweets
Cemal Kalyoncu, Turkey’s one of the leading biographers and journalist, has been behind bars since July 29, 2016 over social media postings that were...
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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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