Turkey issued detention warrants for 106 people over alleged Gülen links in a week
Turkish authorities have over the past week ordered the detention of 106 people including active duty and dismissed military officers, former cadets and civilians...
Justice minister draws criticism, ridicule after praising Turkey’s human rights track record
Turkish Justice Minister Abdulhamit Gül has been the subject of criticism and ridicule on social media since he praised Turkey’s human rights track record...
Turkey pushed allies to soften NATO statement alleging state hijacking of passenger plane by...
Turkey pushed NATO allies into watering down an official reaction to the forced landing by Belarus of a passenger plane and the detention of...
Kurdish leader Demirtaş sentenced to 2 years, 6 months’ imprisonment for ‘targeting’ public prosecutor
A court on Friday sentenced Selahattin Demirtaş, former co-chair of the Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP), to two years, six months’ imprisonment for “targeting officials...
Air force cadets convicted on coup charges suffering from COVID-19 in prison
Air force cadets serving time in İstanbul’s notorious Silivri Prison on conviction of taking part in an abortive putsch in Turkey on July 15,...
Mobster’s brother admits to field mission to kill Turkish Cypriot journalist
Atilla Peker, the brother of notorious Turkish mob boss Sedat Peker, has confirmed his brother’s recent claims, confessing that the mobster sent him on...
Erdoğan sues opposition politician who referred to him as ‘occupier’ of presidency
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has filed a lawsuit against a main opposition party politician who once referred to Erdoğan as “occupying” the presidency,...
Turkish diplomats spied on critics in Argentina, documents reveal
Judicial documents have confirmed that Turkish educators, representatives of local associations and businessmen living in Argentina were profiled by Turkish diplomats and reported to...
Erdoğan praises attack on opposition leader, threatens more of the same
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has said the people of his hometown of Rize taught an opposition leader who paid a visit there last...
Images of 83-year-old inmate taken to hospital in handcuffs spark outrage
Images on social media of an ailing 83-year-old man incarcerated in Diyarbakır Prison being taken to a hospital in handcuffs has caused outrage among...
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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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