Teacher who said ‘Don’t let children die’ will give birth in Turkish prison
A one year, three month prison sentence handed down to Turkish teacher Ayşe Çelik, who called for an end to clashes between Kurdish militants...
Pakistani authorities still silent over Kaçmaz Family on 6th day of their mysterious abduction
Turkish teacher Mesut Kaçmaz and his family, who were abducted from their home at a midnight in Lahore, are still illegally detained in an...
Turkey’s Erdoğan requests 6 mayors, including Ankara Mayor Gökçek, to resign
Turkish autocratic President and ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) Chairman Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has demanded the mayors of 6 provinces, including Ankara Metropolitan...
Pro-gov’t Türkiye daily fires veteran Erdoğanist columnist over his ‘new coup’ analysis
Nuri Elibol, a veteran columnist and Ankara representative of pro-government Türkiye daily was fired from the paper following an article he wrote over a...
European regional meeting of ILO starts in İstanbul with labour unions’ massive boycott
The 10th European Regional Meeting of the International Labor Organization (ILO) has started in İstanbul on Monday with an overwhelming boycott of labour unions...
Turkish gov’t detains 998 people in a week, issues detention warrants for 118 on...
The Turkish Interior Ministry announced on Monday that 998 people have been detained in one week over the alleged links to the Gülen movement...
Nobody hurt by emergency rule except terrorists, claims Turkey’s autocratic President
Nobody has suffered from post-coup emergency rule (OHAL) except for terrorist organizations and their members, Turkish autocratic President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said on Sunday.
Speaking...
Turkey’s Grey Wolves share armed photo to threaten Kurds regarding Kirkuk
Deniz Güzelay, İstanbul Vice-Chairman of Grey Wolves, officially known as Ülkü Ocakları, and his two friends shared their photographs with automatic guns in social media...
Turkish security forces killed a taxi driver over alleged PKK link
A forty-five year old taxi driver who had been working in Turkey’s southeastern province of Van lost his life on Thursday after police officers...
CHP: Speaker of Turkish Parliament lies about invitation to Kılıçdaroğlu
Turkey's main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) on Sunday denied a statement by Speaker of Parliament İsmail Kahraman saying that he invited CHP leader...
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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...
Turkey’s Crackdown on the Gülen Movement: 2025 in Review
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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Weaponized Diplomacy: How Erdoğan Uses Turkish Missions for Transnational Repression
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