Judge from Turkey’s Supreme Court of Appels urges support for Erdoğan
Supreme Court of Appeals member Mustafa Aysal posted a message in a WhatsApp group aiming to garner support for President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, the...
Turkish court acquits Erdoğanist gang leader who threatened Gülen-linked people with hanging
Sedat Peker, a convicted gang leader and staunch supporter of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, was acquitted by a Turkish court on Thursday in...
New ‘Panama Papers’ reveals pro-gov’t Turkish businessman’s offshore deal
Newly released documents from the Panamanian-based Mossack Fonseca & Co, the firm that was at the heart of the Panama Papers scandal in 2016,...
Turkish gov’t blocks 2 MEPs from participating in OSCE election observation mission
The Turkish government led by President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has barred two European parliamentarians from entering Turkey to participate in an Organization for Security...
Turkish police detain Italian journalist Bianchi ahead of critical elections
Italian journalist Lorenzo Bianchi was detained by police at Istanbul Atatürk Airport upon his arrival to cover Sunday’s presidential and parliamentary elections, according to...
Turkish FM threatens action if UN fails to end ‘PKK presence’ in Makhmur camp
Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu has warned the United Nations if they do not take measures regarding the presence of outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party...
Turkish court rules to continue pre-trial detention of Amnesty’s Taner Kılıç
The İstanbul 35th High Criminal Court on Thursday ruled to continue the pretrial detention of Amnesty International’s honorary Turkey chair, Taner Kılıç, at the...
Turkish gov’t detains 11 people over alleged ‘terror propaganda’ on social media
The Turkish government detained 11 people in the Turkish capital of Ankara for allegedly promoting propaganda of the outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) and...
Over 16,000 Turkish citizens claimed asylum in EU, neighboring countries in 2017
A total of 16,640 Turkish nationals claimed asylum in 32 countries on the European continent in 2017, according to a report released by the Malta-based...
COMMENTARY — Turkey’s spy colonel Kemal Eskintan, master of conspiracy plots
By Abdullah Bozkurt
Based on a wealth of revelations in the last couple of years during trial proceedings, the view that the false flag coup...
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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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Throughout the year Turkey continued...
Dehumanizing a Legacy: How Fethullah Gülen’s Death Triggered a Campaign of Hate Speech in...
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This report focuses on how the Turkish government, under President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, has used family punishment against his opponents.
Sippenhaft, also known as...