ECtHR says Turkey violated rights of journalist Ahmet Şık
The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has ruled that Turkey violated the right to liberty and security as well as the right to...
Prosecutor demands 26 years for 3 minors allegedly tortured under custody
A public prosecutor demanded 26 years of imprisonment for three minors who were arrested in the eastern province of Van in 2019 on charges...
Kurdish author Nezir Çakan arrested for protesting ISIS siege of Kobane
Nezir Çakan, a member of PEN International and president of the Kurdish Literary Association, has been arrested as part of an investigation into the...
Former police officer not released from prison until too late succumbs to cancer
Ümit Gökhasan, a former police superintendent who was not released from prison until his cancer had spread to other parts of his body, has...
Journalist Mehmet Baransu sentenced to 17 years for publishing leaked gov’t documents
An İstanbul court on Monday sentenced jailed investigative journalist Mehmet Baransu, a former correspondent for the now-defunct Taraf newspaper, to 17 years, one month...
Turkish diplomats in North Macedonia spied on residents in breach of Vienna conventions: report
Turkish government documents obtained by Nordic Monitor have confirmed that critics of President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan were spied on by Turkish diplomats in Skopje...
Air force cadet sentenced to life in prison succumbs to bone cancer: report
A former air force cadet sentenced to life in prison on coup charges succumbed to bone cancer on Friday in a hospital in Eskişehir,...
Turkish-backed Syrian rebels used child soldiers, pro-government think tank report reveals
Some 4 percent of the Turkish-backed Syrian National Army’s (SNA) ranks comprised child soldiers in the years prior to early 2020, according to a...
Turkey marks Universal Children’s Day amid widespread children’s rights violations: report
Turkey is celebrating Universal Children’s Day this year in an environment where dozens of children have died in work-related accidents and access to education...
19 lawyers detained in dawn raids in SE Turkey, warrants outstanding for scores of...
Turkish police in the early hours of Friday detained 19 lawyers in southeastern Turkey as part of an investigation into the Democratic Society Congress...
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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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Sippenhaft, also known as...