20 former public servants detained over alleged Gülen links in İstanbul
Turkish police teams on Friday detained 20 former public servants in raids in İstanbul due to their alleged links to the Gülen movement, Turkish...
Transferring Khashoggi murder trial to Saudi Arabia undermines Turkey’s credibility: Islamist opposition party leader
Temel Karamollaoğlu, the leader of Turkey’s Islamist opposition Felicity Party (SP), said on Thursday that transferring a case involving the murder of journalist Jamal...
Turkey drops 2 places on updated Henley Passport Index for 2022, ranking 52nd
Turkey has dropped two places on a list of countries with the most powerful passports and now ranks 52nd, according to the report for...
Activist, basketball player Enes Kanter Freedom receives 2022 Courage Award
Enes Kanter Freedom, an activist and basketball player who was dropped from the NBA reportedly for speaking out against human rights abuses worldwide, received...
Şenyaşar family calls on people to break Ramadan fast with them in front of...
Members of the Şenyaşar family, who have been demanding justice for three of their relatives murdered by people connected to a lawmaker from the...
Inmate suffering from advanced cancer in Kandıra Prison cannot receive proper healthcare
An inmate in Kocaeli Kandıra Prison with stage four stomach cancer cannot access proper healthcare and has not been taken to a hospital for...
Turkish textile company fires female workers for unionizing
Acarsoy Textile, located in Turkey's Bursa province, fired four female workers in March for taking part in union activities, the Duvar news website reported.
The...
Turkish court confirms transfer of Khashoggi murder trial to Saudi Arabia
A Turkish court on Thursday confirmed a halt of the trial in absentia of 26 suspects linked to the killing of Saudi critic Jamal...
Turkish lawyers continue to be imprisoned for doing their jobs: American Bar Association
In a statement on the occasion of Lawyers’ Day in Turkey, the American Bar Association said Turkish lawyers continue to be arrested, charged, tried...
Greece arrests 2 people from sailboat in distress with 70 aboard: report
Two people were arrested on suspicion of migrant smuggling and endangering lives for steering a sailboat carrying 68 others that ran into trouble off...
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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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