Turkish Justice Minister Gül says trials of Gülen followers to be concluded by end...
Turkish Justice Minister Abdülhamit Gül has said he thinks the trials of followers of the Gülen movement, which is accused by the Turkish government...
Little girl’s murder sparks concern over child safety in Turkey
Following the murder of an 8-year-old girl in Diyarbakır in August, children’s rights advocates have expressed deep concern over the safety of children in...
Top Turkish doctor says her arrest due to chemical weapons remarks ‘attempt to silence...
The head of a leading doctors union in Turkey who was arrested on terrorist propaganda charges last month has said that her imprisonment is...
European rights court requests Turkey’s defense for imprisonment of Kurdish leader over Kobani protests
The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has asked Turkey to provide its defense for the pre-trial detention of Kurdish politician Selahattin Demirtaş in...
Turkish gov’t escalates counterterrorism operations as elections in Turkey approach
Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on Monday said an operation against the outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) had begun in the Qandil mountains on...
Turkish court acquits 20 in Saturday Mothers trial
An İstanbul court has ruled for the acquittal of 20 people from the Saturday Mothers, a group of activists and relatives seeking to learn...
2,417 doctors have left Turkey to work in Germany in 2022, according to TTB
The number of Turkish doctors immigrating from Turkey to Germany due to heavy workloads and increasing security concerns has reached 2,417, according to the...
54 active duty and former officers face detention warrants over Gülen links
Turkish prosecutors have issued detention warrants for 54 former and active duty officers over their alleged links to the Gülen movement, accused by the...
Turkey’s İYİ Party gives ‘Kim Jong-un press freedom award’ to public broadcaster TRT
In a move to protest the state-run Turkish Radio and Television (TRT), which has been criticized for acting as the mouthpiece of Turkey’s ruling...
Critics blame widespread impunity for surge in violence against women in Turkey
Despite a rise in violent crimes against women in Turkey, rights groups say that impunity remains widespread, allowing perpetrators to avoid accountability, the Global...
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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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