Turkish journalist released under judicial supervision after detention over YouTube comments
Turkish journalist Levent Gültekin has been released under judicial supervision after being briefly detained over comments made on his YouTube program this week, Turkish...
Turkey suspends 445 police officers for suspected Gülen links
Turkey’s Interior Ministry has suspended 445 police officers working for the Security Directorate General (EGM) due to suspected links to the faith-based Gülen movement.
The...
Turkish hospital car park becomes makeshift morgue after earthquake
Rania Zaboubi scours body bags laid out in the car park of a hospital in southern Turkey in search of her uncle who went...
Turkey’s top appeals court overturns sentences of 31 privates in 2016 attempted coup case
Turkey’s Supreme Court of Appeals has overturned the conviction of 31 soldiers sentenced to life in prison over their alleged involvement in a 2016...
Refugees have become part of Turkish society despite facing problems, research reveals
The results of a recent study by the Heinrich Böll Foundation Turkey Representation have shown that refugees express greater satisfaction with their lives in Turkey compared to...
65.7 pct of Turks hold gov’t policies responsible for increased refugee influx: survey
A total of 65.7 percent of Turks put the blame for a recently increased flow of refugees on the Turkish government’s policies, Turkish Minute...
US congressional commission tackles Turkey’s human rights record
The Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission, a bipartisan body within the US House of Representatives, held a hearing on Tuesday to address the human...
Turkish court blocks access to video chat app Azar
A Turkish court has ordered a ban on access to the popular video chat application Azar, which has a large user base in the...
Family, rights advocates commemorate Berkin Elvan on 11th anniversary of his death
Berkin Elvan, a teenager who was struck in the head with a gas canister fired by a police officer during the anti-government Gezi Park...
759 children under 6 live in Turkish prisons as incarceration rates soar
Turkish prisons currently house 3,690 children aged 12 to 18, including 165 girls. In addition, 759 children under the age of 6 live with...
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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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