Turkey again blocks YouTube channel of dismissed public workers despite top court ruling
Turkish authorities have blocked KHK TV's YouTube channel and X account for the second time, just three months after the Constitutional Court ordered the...
Ex-MP says his release is a harbinger of freedom for all pro-Kurdish party members
Ömer Faruk Gergerlioğlu, human rights defender and former lawmaker from the pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP), said his release from prison on Tuesday was...
13 detained over alleged Gülen links in run-up to elections
Thirteen people were detained on Wednesday on warrants issued by Turkish prosecutors for alleged links to the Gülen movement, a faith-based group accused by...
Lawyers find compelling evidence supporting claims of police mistreatment during İstanbul protests
Turkish lawyers said there was credible evidence that supported claims of unlawful strip-search, abuse and mistreatment by police during recent protests in İstanbul, the...
Poverty stemming from pandemic continues to worsen among Turkey’s Roma people
A report drafted by the Roma Memory Studies Association (Romani Godi) reveals how the poverty that increased during the COVID-19 pandemic deepened the rights violations against...
Turkish gov’t seized 232 Gülen-linked schools in 21 countries since coup attempt
A total of 232 schools run by the faith-based Gülen movement across 21 countries have been taken over by the Turkish government since a...
Turkish opposition mayor arrested, suspended from office pending trial
A Turkish court on Monday ordered the arrest of Bolu Mayor Tanju Özcan, a member of the main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP), with...
Turkish citizens top EU deportation list, raising safety concerns for political returnees
Turkish citizens comprised the largest group of nationals to be returned from European Union countries to non-EU nations in 2025, according to Eurostat data,...
93 former, current tax inspectors detained over alleged Gülen links
Turkish police detained 93 former and currently employed tax inspectors in raids across 11 provinces on Friday, part of an İstanbul-based investigation over links...
Turkish lawmaker urges release of mother jailed with toddler over alleged links to Gülen...
Ömer Faruk Gergerlioğlu, a prominent human rights defender and a deputy from the pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Equality and Democracy Party (DEM Party), has called on...
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