Twitter suspends more than 7,000 state-linked Turkish accounts
Twitter has suspended 7.340 fake and compromised state-linked accounts in Turkey that were targeting domestic audiences and promoting narratives favorable to the ruling Justice...
Turkey sentences US Consulate staffer to 8 years, 9 months on terrorism charges
An Istanbul court on Thursday sentenced US Consulate General staff member Metin Topuz to eight years, nine months in prison for aiding and abetting...
US State Department highlights Turkish government’s violations of religious rights in its 2019 report
The US State Department highlighted the massive violations of religious freedom and rights by the Turkish government in its annual International Religious Freedom Report,...
Erdoğan tells Trump Kurdish militia, Gülenists involved in US protests
The orchestrators of violence and looting during US protests against the death of a black man in police custody were working with the Kurdish...
Women’s rights movements, Turkish Twitter users fight back as release law, COVID-19 crisis spur...
The number of Turkish women suffering from domestic violence surged after some 90,000 convicts were freed under an early release law and the onset...
HRW: Investigations into medical chamber leaders undermine COVID-19 response
Human Rights Watch (HRW) has called on Turkish authorities to immediately halt investigations into doctors running three medical associations in the country’s east and southeast...
Anti-Gülenist witch hunt in Turkey knows no limits
Turkish authorities on June 10 ordered the detention of 63 people, including a mother with her 6-month-old infant, as part of a massive crackdown...
‘Turkey Tribunal’ established to adjudicate human rights violations, raise int’l awareness
A “Turkey Tribunal” has been established under the initiative of Belgian-based law firm Van Steenbrugge Advocaten (VSA) to adjudicate recent human rights violations in...
Turkey detains hundreds in renewed anti-Gülenist frenzy after COVID outbreak
Turkish authorities on June 9 ordered the detention of hundreds of people, military and civilian alike, as part of a massive crackdown targeting the...
Judge says in book people arrested in July 2016 coup probes should be executed
Selami Turabi, a judge who is also a senior official at the Justice Ministry responsible for European Union affairs, has written in his book...
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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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