386 people detained in Turkey over alleged Gülen links over past week
A total of 386 people were detained across Turkey as part of a massive post-coup witch hunt targeting the alleged members of the Gülen...
60-year-old Turkish woman commits suicide as husband under arrest for 10 months
A 60-year-old woman, identified with initials H.G., hanged herself in her house in Söke district of Aydın province, according to local media on Sunday....
Man who killed 5 relatives in Turkey’s Konya province claims they were American spies
Atılgan Kömür (29), who early Monday morning killed five of his relatives in the Central Anatolian province of Konya, has said they deserved to...
Turkey’s pro-gov’t daily editor-in-chief: Will you find a better caliph than Erdoğan?
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Turkey's pro-government Star daily Editor-in-Chief Nuh Albayrak said during a TV show on Sunday that he has been raising the issue of reinstating the...
Imam-hatip school promises privileges in Turkey’s military, police school enrollment
Amid ongoing debates about the Turkish military and police force falling under the control of the Justice and Development Party (AKP), an imam-hatip, or...
GRECO: Turkey’s compliance with recommendations to fight corruption is globally unsatisfactory
The Council of Europe’s (CoE) anti-corruption group, the Group of States against Corruption (GRECO), on Monday published an interim compliance report on Turkey in...
EU urges Turkey to follow CoE recommendations for effective judicial remedies
In the wake of the Turkish government’s decision to revoke the citizenship of 130 people, the European Union (EU) has called on Turkey to...
Turkey’s main opposition CHP reiterates in report July 15 was ‘controlled’ coup attempt
A report drafted by Turkey's main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) on a failed coup attempt in Turkey on July 15, 2016 has repeated...
ECtHR decides dismissed civil servants to challenge before Commission by ignoring lack of rule...
The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has decided Turkish civil servants, who have been dismissed after the failed coup attempt on July 15,...
Video exposes Turkish soldiers seizing hundreds of sheeps belonging to Kurdish villagers in SE...
A newly emerged video footage in social media has showed the moment that the Turkish soldiers forcefully seizes hundreds of sheep allegedly belonging to...
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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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