Turkey’s top court orders gov’t to pay damages to complainant accused of Gülen ties
Turkey’s Constitutional Court has ruled in favor of an applicant who claimed he had suffered torture and inhumane treatment during his detention on charges...
New York mosque funded by Turkish gov’t denies religious services for Gülen movement supporter
The Brooklyn Eyup Sultan Mosque, which is funded and operated by Turkey’s Religious Affairs Directorate (Diyanet), on Sunday denied religious services for deceased Turkish-American...
US House hearing slams Turkey for suppression of free speech, slide towards authoritarianism
In scathing critique of the current situation in Turkey, the chairman of the US House Committee on Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on Europe, Eurasia and...
Top Iranian court upholds death sentence of pop singer extradited from Turkey
Iran’s Supreme Court has upheld a death sentence on blasphemy charges handed down to a pop singer whom Turkey had extradited at Tehran’s request,...
Purge victim forced to work as a deliveryman dies in traffic accident
İbrahim Saygı, a former official who was dismissed from Turkey’s Justice Ministry by a government decree as part of purges that followed a July...
UNESCO asks Turkey for report on state of conservation of Hagia Sophia
The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) asked Turkey to provide an updated report on the state of conservation of the iconic...
Turkish court sentences 3 executives of now-closed TV station to prison for ‘terrorist propaganda’
The İstanbul 13th High Criminal Court on Wednesday handed down prison sentences of three years, nine months to each of three executives of the...
Turkish lawyer demands authorities enforce restraining orders amid rising femicide
A Turkish lawyer has criticized authorities for failing to enforce restraining orders issued to women facing gender-based violence, who often fall victim to femicide,...
Kavala describes Turkish series negatively portraying him as ‘character assassination project’
Jailed philanthropist Osman Kavala has described a Turkish series believed to negatively portray him in line with the narrative of Turkey’s Justice and Development...
10 arrested on charges of murdering Kurdish family in central Turkey
Ten people have been arrested and jailed in connection with the killing of seven members of a Kurdish family in the central province of...
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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...
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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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Throughout the year Turkey continued...
Dehumanizing a Legacy: How Fethullah Gülen’s Death Triggered a Campaign of Hate Speech in...
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Sippenhaft, also known as...