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EU enlargement commissioner cancels visit to Turkey over mayor’s arrest

European Commissioner for Enlargement Marta Kos has canceled an upcoming visit to Turkey, where she was scheduled to attend a diplomacy forum and meet...

İmamoğlu joins list of jailed opponents of President Erdoğan

İstanbul’s now-deposed mayor Ekrem İmamoğlu has become the latest Turkish politician or activist opposed to President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan to fall afoul of the...

Authorities detain veteran journalist in Gezi Park protest investigation

Journalist Ismail Saymaz was detained early Wednesday morning as part of an investigation led by the Istanbul Chief Public Prosecutor’s Office into the 2013 Gezi...

ECtHR faults Turkey for pretrial detention of 51 judges, prosecutors after failed 2016 coup

The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) ruled on Tuesday that Turkey violated the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR) by arresting 51 judges and prosecutors...

Far-right leader marks 64th birthday behind bars, calls imprisonment politically motivated

Ümit Özdağ, leader of Turkey’s far-right Victory Party (ZP), celebrated his 64th birthday behind bars, claiming in a letter from prison that his ongoing...

Turkey among top 10 countries with sharpest decline in freedoms: Freedom House

Turkey is among the top 10 countries that have seen the sharpest decline in freedoms over the past decade, according to the “Freedom in...

EP draft report says Turkey’s EU accession remains stalled over concerns on democracy, human...

The European Parliament’s Committee on Foreign Affairs concluded in a draft report that Turkey’s EU accession process cannot move forward due to persistent democratic...

Turkish opposition youth leader to stand trial for social media post criticizing controversial prosecutor

A Turkish court has accepted an indictment against Cem Aydın, head of the youth wing of the main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP), over...

Turkish media organizations under scrutiny over role in 2013 anti-gov’t protests

Turkish prosecutors have asked the country’s media watchdog to assist them in identifying media organizations whose coverage of anti-government protests in 2013 might have...

Turkish intelligence conducted covert surveillance against dissidents in Strasbourg, documents reveal

Classified documents obtained by Nordic Monitor revealed that Turkish intelligence conducted a covert surveillance and monitoring operation against dissidents in Strasbourg, France, a city...
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