European rights advocates say Council of Europe has abandoned its core mission
Human rights defenders and lawyers in Turkey and elsewhere are facing mounting pressure and persecution while the Council of Europe (CoE) remains largely silent,...
Rights groups urge Turkey to include political prisoners in sentence reform
Twelve international human rights organizations have jointly called on Turkey’s Ministry of Justice to ensure that political prisoners are included in a forthcoming sentence...
Turkey detains 65 soldiers, police officers over alleged Gülen links
Turkish authorities detained 65 soldiers and police officers on Friday in the latest wave of arrests targeting individuals accused of ties to the faith-based...
Turkish authorities jail woman with 6-month-old son amid escalating crackdown on Gülen movement
A Turkish woman previously sentenced to almost seven years in prison over alleged links to the faith-based Gülen movement has been jailed along with...
Google’s algorithm changes and YouTube censorship deepen suppression of Erdogan critics
In early 2025 sweeping algorithm changes by Google and its subsidiary YouTube significantly diminished the visibility of independent media outlets and critical voices in...
DEM Party lawmaker decries human toll of recent crackdown on Gülen movement
The human cost of a recent government crackdown on the Gülen movement was criticized during a parliamentary speech by Ömer Faruk Gergerlioğlu, a deputy from the...
Turkish Ministry of Justice reports 1,026 prison deaths in 17 months
A total of 1,026 inmates died in Turkish prisons between July 2023 and December 2024, the Velev news website reported, citing data released by the...
Australian government says Turkey’s Gülen crackdown persists nine years after coup
Turkish authorities continue to detain, arrest, torture and blacklist people accused of ties to the Gulen movement, often without credible evidence, due process or...
Turkey detains 10 more people over alleged Gülen links
Turkish authorities have detained 10 more people in the ongoing crackdown on the faith-based Gülen movement, the state-run Anadolu news agency reported.
Police conducted operations...
Factory owners avoid legal pressure as families of blast victims withdraw complaints
The families of four workers who died in a 2024 explosion at the Oba Makarna pasta factory in Sakarya province have withdrawn their complaints...
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