Turkish professor jailed over alleged Gülen links passes away in prison
Prof. Dr. Sabri Çolak (69), a retired Turkish academic who was jailed over alleged links to the Gülen movement, died in prison on Friday...
Turkish authorities illegally deport Syrian mother, leaving behind 5 children
Turkish authorities last week deported Fatim el Musa, a Syrian mother of five, leaving her children behind in Turkey, the Karar news website reported...
81-year-old ailing Kurdish woman’s parole applications denied five times
Hanife Arslan, an ailing 81-year-old Kurdish woman serving a more than six-year sentence for alleged membership in a terrorist organization, has been denied parole...
Turkey arrests 40 journalists in 2025, 57 sentenced in ongoing cases: report
A total of 105 journalists were detained in Turkey in 2025, with 40 arrested and 57 sentenced in cases concluded during the year, according...
Turkish gov’t appointed municipal trustee builds toilets over Armenian cemetery
A government-appointed trustee of Van’s Edremit Municipality has built toilets in an Armenian cemetery and a historical mound on a public beach, the t24...
Turkish police batter protesting workers outside İstanbul factory
Eight workers were hospitalized on Monday after police clashed with protesters outside a factory in Istanbul, where employees have been demonstrating for nearly two...
COMMENTARY — Erdoğan asks Muslim minorities to dominate, rule majority
By Abdullah Bozkurt
Tapping on huge financial and human resources available for the use of the Turkish government’s religious arm, Islamist President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan...
The Year in Review: Torture and Inhuman Treatment
Turkey has experienced a marked resurgence of torture and ill-treatment in custody over the past five years and especially since a coup attempt on...
European rights court poses questions to Turkish gov’t on abysmal conditions of prisons
The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has posed a series of questions to the Turkish government about the abysmal conditions of Turkish prisons...
Swedish journalist freed in Turkey after arrest on ‘terrorism’ charges
A Swedish journalist arrested in Turkey on terrorism charges as well as insulting President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has been released, Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson...
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