Opposition mayors’ phones are being illegally wiretapped, CHP leader claims

Turkey’s main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) leader Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu has claimed that phones of mayors from his party are being illegally wiretapped by...

Turkey’s Transnational Repression: 2024 in Review

Turkey’s efforts at transnational repression against critics abroad did not wind down in 2024. The Turkish government continued to relentlessly pursue anyone with alleged...

Turkish gendarmes discover 2 refugees frozen to death at Iranian border

Turkish gendarmes over the weekend discovered the bodies of two refugees who appeared to have frozen to death at Turkey's border with Iran, the...

Turkish prosecutors seek arrest of 10 opposition municipal officials on terrorism charges

Prosecutors in İstanbul referred 10 senior municipal officials from the main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) to court for arrest on Thursday following their detention on...

Turkish pop music diva attracts Erdoğan’s wrath due to lyrics of 2017 song

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has jumped on the bandwagon of people criticizing and threatening Turkey’s pop music diva, Sezen Aksu, who has been...

Turkish human rights defender acquitted of charges of insulting the state

Turkish human rights defender and forensic doctor Şebnem Korur Fincancı was acquitted on Thursday of charges of “publicly insulting the Turkish state” after alleging...

Rights groups call for immediate release of Kavala following CoE Committee of Ministers decision

Human rights organizations have called for the immediate release of prominent businessman and philanthropist Osman Kavala, who has been behind bars on a series...

Prosecutors seek arrest of opposition district mayor, 17 others in İstanbul

Turkish prosecutors have requested the arrest of Alaattin Köseler, a main opposition party mayor in İstanbul, and 17 others on charges of bid rigging...

Turkey’s media watchdog imposes sanctions on Halk TV due to journalist’s remarks

Turkey’s broadcasting watchdog, the Radio and Television Supreme Council (RTÜK), has imposed penalties on the pro-opposition Halk TV station due to the remarks of...

At least 5 women fall victim to femicide in 2 days, raising alarm over...

At least five women in Turkey have been killed in acts of femicide over the past two days, demonstrating the alarming prevalence of gender-based...
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