Mother of three arrested with baby as Turkish police fail to locate her husband
Fadime Danışman, a mother of three in the western province of İzmir, was arrested along with her 8-month-old baby after police failed to locate...
More academics, people sent to jail as part of Turkey’s post-coup witch hunt
More people including 14 academics from Eskisehir Osmangazi University (ESOGÜ) have been jailed as part of a post-coup witch hunt campaign targeting the Gülen...
Bodyguards, fanatics of Turkey’s Erdoğan attack protesters in Washington
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Nine people were hurt and two were detained during an altercation in front of Turkey's Ambassador to US, Serdar Kılıç’s residence in Washington DC on...
US President Trump asks Turkey’s Erdoğan to release jailed American pastor Brunson
The White House has announced that US President Donald Trump has asked visiting Turkey's autocratic President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan to release Andrew Craig Brunson, an...
Suspected ISIL member confesses his membership to Turkey’s ruling AKP
Ahmet Berk, a terror suspect who is allegedly linked to Diyarbakır, Suruç and Ankara terror attacks which were realized by terror organization the Islamic State...
US Congressmen urge Trump to press Turkish President on human rights
Members of the US Congress have sent a letter to President Donald Trump urging him to press visiting Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on...
Journalist Yılmaz fined TL 6,000 by a Turkish court for exposing corruption
Journalist İdris Yılmaz was fined TL 6,000 by a Turkish court for exposing the alleged corruption in Erciş district of Turkey's eastern province Van....
New indictment charges 135 Turkish military jurists over alleged Gülen links
A new indictment, filed by the Chief Prosecutor’s Office in Ankara to the 16th Heavy Penal Court on Tuesday, has charged 135 military judges...
Kemal Gün fined over 18,000 liras for ‘occupying public space’ on 82nd day of...
Kemal Gün, a 70-year-old man who is on the 82nd day of a hunger strike he began to get the remains of his son,...
PM Yıldırım calls on Germany to choose between Turkey and alleged coup plotters
Turkish Prime Minister Binali Yıldırım has called on Germany to make a choice between Ankara and alleged coup plotters who have sought asylum in...
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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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