Booking.com says it will appeal court decision banning activities in Turkey
Dutch-based online hotel booking platform Booking.com said on Thursday it would appeal a court decision made the previous day that banned its activities in...
Economy Minister Zeybekçi protests detention of Halkbank’s Atilla in US
Turkey’s Economy Minister Nihat Zeybekci on Thursday reacted to the detention of Halkbank Deputy General Manager Mehmet Hakan Atilla in the US on charges...
Amnesty launches campaign to show solidarity with jailed journalists in Turkey
Amnesty International launched a campaign on Twitter on Thursday to support jailed journalists in Turkey, calling for their release, with the hashtag #FreeTurkeyMedia.
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Erdoğanist mob attacks opponents at Turkey’s Brussels consulate as they vote for referendum
Pro-Erdoğan mob has attacked the pro-Kurdish opponents of Turkish government on their way to Turkish Consulate in Brussels to cast their votes for Turkey's...
2586 people detained, 423 jailed in post-coup witch hunt in March
A huge cleansing of Turkey’s state and other institutions is continuing as people from all walks of life find themselves being hunted down and...
Pro-gov’t daily calls for investigation of German foundations in Turkey
The pro-government Yeni Şafak daily has called on Turkish authorities to launch an investigation into German foundations in Turkey, claiming that these organizations are...
Turkish officials, Tillerson discuss ISIL, Gülen extradition in Ankara
US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson and Turkish officials on Thursday discussed ways to coordinate the fight against the Islamic State in Iraq and...
396 women launch petition campaign for release of jailed professor Gözaydın
A total of 396 women have launched a petition campaign demanding the release of prominent professor and social scientist İştar Gözaydın, who has been...
American pastor jailed over alleged Gülen links asks Trump to fight for his release
An American pastor who has been jailed on bogus terrorism charges in Turkey for more than five months has asked US President Donald Trump...
Kurdish politicians including HDP co-chair to go on hunger strike in protest of prison...
Pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) Co-chairperson Selahattin Demirtaş, HDP Hakkari deputy Abdullah Zeydan and Democratic Regions Party (DBP) Co-chairperson Sebahat Tuncel will go on...
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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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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...
Turkey’s Crackdown on the Gülen Movement: 2025 in Review
During the year Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan continued to relentlessly pursue anyone with alleged links with the faith-based Gülen movement, which he described...
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