AKP, MHP reject motion to investigate suspicious death of female student in eastern Turkey
Turkey’s ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) and its far-right ally, the Nationalist Movement Party (MHP), on Wednesday rejected a parliamentary motion to investigate...
Iranian Kurdish dissident in İstanbul dies from gunshot wounds: reports
An Iranian Kurdish dissident has died after being shot while walking home in İstanbul, Turkish media reported on Wednesday, in what rights groups described...
Purge victim jailed over alleged Gülen links dies of heart attack
Ender Gökmen, a former teacher imprisoned over alleged links to the faith-based Gülen movement, died of a heart attack on Tuesday in the eastern...
Prosecutors seek prison sentence for acting İstanbul mayor over courthouse incident
An indictment has been filed against Nuri Aslan, the acting mayor of İstanbul, on charges of “attempting to prevent the performance of duty,” for...
Turkish union demands reinstatement of civil servants dismissed during post-coup purge
The Confederation of Public Employee Trade Unions (KESK) on Monday began a five-day march calling for the reinstatement of civil servants fired by emergency...
Turkish authorities use courts to intimidate reporters, journalists union says
The Turkish Journalists Union (TGS) warned on Tuesday that the authorities are increasingly using court-imposed restrictions to intimidate reporters and obstruct news coverage, calling...
ECtHR rules Turkey violated freedom of expression in 58 cases
The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) ruled on Tuesday that Turkey violated the right to freedom of expression in 58 cases involving individuals...
Turkey moves to criminalize behavior ‘contrary to biological sex,’ alarming LGBT community
Turkey’s government is drafting a judicial reform bill that would impose prison sentences on people who publicly promote or depict gender identities or expressions...
Turkey tops OECD in youth disengagement, ranks last in Europe for graduate employment
Nearly one in three young people in Turkey is neither working nor studying, the highest rate among members of the Organization for Economic Co-operation...
Int’l press groups urge full probe into killing of Turkish environmental journalist
International press organizations have joined local press groups in strongly condemning a fatal attack on journalist and environmental activist Hakan Tosun and urged Turkish authorities to...
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Turkey's record on torture and ill-treatment continued to deteriorate in 2025, despite its commitments under international human rights conventions.
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