Turkish authorities detain 200 people over alleged Gülen links in a week of operations
Turkish authorities have over the past week detained 200 individuals due to alleged links to the faith-based Gülen movement, Turkish media reported.
In the latest...
Turkey’s unrelenting rights violations against Gülen movement continue: HRW
The Human Rights Watch (HRW) World Report 2025 has documented extensive human rights abuses in Turkey, including continued crackdowns on alleged members of the...
Justice remains elusive 18 years after murder of journalist Hrant Dink: RSF
Erol Önderoğlu, Turkey representative of Reporters Without Borders (RSF) has condemned the lack of full accountability for the murder of Turkish-Armenian journalist Hrant Dink,...
6 Kurdish journalists detained in police raids in Turkey
Turkish police conducted a series of home raids in İstanbul, the eastern province of Van and the southern province of Mersin on Friday, resulting...
European rights court rules against Turkey for excessive length of civil proceedings
The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) ruled on Thursday that Turkey violated former judge Sedef Ayvaz’s rightto adjudication of a complaint by a...
8 police officers in Turkey died by suicide in 2 weeks, raising concerns over...
Eight police officers in Turkey have died by suicide in the past two weeks, sparking renewed scrutiny over working conditions and the systemic challenges...
UN special rapporteur ‘dismayed’ at Turkey’s jailing of human rights lawyers under terrorism laws
A United Nations special rapporteur on Thursday condemned Turkey’s continued use of counterterrorism laws to imprison human rights lawyers and activists, calling it a violation of...
Turkish university launches investigation into professor over use of Kurdish poetry books in classes
A professor in the Kurdish language and literature department at Muş Alparslan University in southeastern Turkey is the subject of an investigation for using...
Erdoğan hails ‘progress’ in bid to resume Kurdish talks
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on Wednesday said “significant progress” had been made in efforts to revive dialogue between Ankara and the outlawed Kurdistan...
ECtHR faults Turkey over lengthy pretrial detention of former police chiefs
The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has faulted Turkey over the lengthy pretrial detention experienced by four police chiefs who were detained in...
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