Turkey detains 126 in operation targeting Kurds ahead of critical elections
Turkey on Tuesday detained 126 pro-Kurdish activists, journalists and lawyers in raids conducted just three weeks before a knife-edge vote that could extend President...
Alevi identity video garners record attention for Turkish presidential candidate with 106 mln views
Leader of Turkey’s main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) and presidential candidate Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu has garnered record attention by publicly talking about his Alevi...
1.77 mln investigations launched in Turkey on terrorism allegations from 2016 to 2021
A total of 1,768,000 investigations were launched into people in Turkey on allegations of membership in an armed terrorist organization between 2016 and 2021,...
Kılıçdaroğlu vows to reinstate ‘Peace Academics’ if elected
Leader of Turkey’s main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) and presidential candidate Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu has promised to reinstate all academics who were fired from...
YouTube account alleging AKP wrongdoing blocked at request of Erdoğan’s son-in-law
A recent court order banning access to a YouTube account broadcasting shocking allegations about Turkey’s ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) was based on...
German organizations donate €78 mln in earthquake aid to Turkey and Syria
A network of some 20 humanitarian aid organizations in Germany has announced that €78 million in aid has been sent to Turkey and Syria...
Businessman illegally brought to Turkey from Iraq arrested over Gülen links
A Turkish businessman who was illegally brought to Turkey from Iraq by the National Intelligence Organization (MİT) has been arrested on terrorism charges due...
PACE rapporteur calls on Turkish political parties to avoid negative stances against refugees, migrants...
Birgir Thórarinsson, rapporteur for the crisis facing Afghan refugees from the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe’s (PACE) Committee for Migration, Refugees and...
MP from main opposition resigns due to lack of Roma parliamentary candidates from his...
Özcan Purçu, a lawmaker from the main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP), has resigned from the party due to the lack of parliamentary candidates...
Kılıçdaroğlu names EU membership as main goal, urges sharing of Turkey’s refugee burden
Leader of the main opposition party and presidential candidate Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu has said that if elected, his main goal will be making Turkey a...
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Turkey's political opposition faced intensifying pressure in 2025, with the judiciary emerging as the primary instrument for targeting dissenting voices. The most far-reaching measures...
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Throughout the year human rights organizations...
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Throughout the year Turkey continued...