Prison administration restricts telephone access of Islamic preacher critical of government
Turkey’s Ağrı Prison is restricting the access of Alparslan Kuytul, leader of the Furkan Foundation, an anti-government religious group, to phone calls, which are...
Ruling party lawmaker’s call to ban Holocaust films ranked top antisemitic incident in Turkey...
A call by a senior lawmaker from Turkey’s ruling party to restrict Holocaust-themed films was ranked as the most notable antisemitic incident of 2025...
Number of Turks seeking asylum in EU saw 145 percent increase in 2022: Eurostat
There was a 145 percent increase in the number of asylum applications filed by Turkish nationals in EU countries in 2022, with 49,720 Turks...
Tech giants help Ankara censor online speech on a massive scale: report
Global tech companies are helping the Turkish government censor online speech and identify critics by complying with large numbers of takedown and data requests...
Meta to activate an operations center ahead of elections in Turkey
Meta, an American multinational technology conglomerate that owns Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp, has announced that a center for elections operations will be activated ahead...
Turkish journalist gets suspended sentence over İmamoğlu-related reporting
A Turkish court on Tuesday handed down a one-year suspended sentence to journalist Barış Terkoğlu over reports he published alleging that a chief public...
MSF warns of psychological consequences of quakes in southern Turkey
Earthquakes that struck southern Turkey in early February have led to less visible but significant psychological consequences for survivors, Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF), also...
Turkey had highest number of new applications in 2025 at European human rights court
Turkey had the highest number of new applications filed at the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) in 2025, according to data from an...
Rights activist, opposition MP Gergerlioğlu harassed during election campaign
Ömer Faruk Gergerlioğlu, a lawmaker from the pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) and a prominent human rights advocate, was harassed in Turkey’s northwestern province...
26 detained in İzmir bribery probe amid crackdown on Turkey’s main opposition
Turkish police on Thursday detained 26 municipal officials and employees in the western city of İzmir in a bribery investigation targeting a district municipality...
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