Turkey sentenced 67 people to 299 years in prison in freedom of expression trials:...
A trial monitoring study by the Media and Law Studies Association (MLSA) has revealed that 67 people in Turkey were handed down 299 years,...
Turkish FM bashes Kazakh journalist for question over abduction scandal in Switzerland
Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu on Friday refused to answer two questions from a Kazakh journalist during a joint press conference in Astana, likening...
6 journalists kept in police custody for 4 days face arrest
A Turkish prosecutor is seeking the arrest of six journalists who were detained earlier this week in the western province of İzmir on terror-related charges, Turkish...
Turkish court decides once again for continuation of journalist Parıldak’s imprisonment
Ankara 14th High Criminal Court has ruled once again on Thursday for continuation of the imprisonment of journalist Ayşenur Parıldak, who has been behind...
Pro-gov’t discourse dominates Turkish media landscape: report
An overwhelming majority of Turkish media outlets give little to no screen time to opposition pundits while allocating the lion’s share to a handful...
Twitter flags Turkish interior minister’s tweets targeting LGBT community: report
Twitter has restricted access to two recent tweets by Turkish Interior Minister Süleyman Soylu that referred to LGBT people as “perverts,” saying the tweets...
Turkish gov’t prosecutes 227 people over social media posts in a week
The Turkish government has investigated 250 social media accounts and taken legal action against 227 users over the last week (Oct.15-Oct.22, 2018) on accusations...
Turkish-German journalist released from jail yet faces travel ban
German-Turkish reporter Adil Demirci has been released from an İstanbul prison after 10 months behind bars, but the court has prohibited the 33-year-old from...
SDF’s seizure of Tabqa reveals ISIL and al-Qaeda books published freely in Turkey
Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) have revealed following their capture of Syrian town of Tabqa that the ideological indoctrination material for The Islamic State of Iraq...
Jailed HDP co-chair Demirtaş’s storybook banned in Diyarbakir Prison
A selection of short stories written by the pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party's (HDP) jailed co-chair Selahattin Demirtaş was banned by Diyarbakır prison administration for “including...
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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.
Throughout the year human rights organizations...
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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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