Top judge secured release of detainees in exchange for bribes: secret witness
A secret witness has made allegations of bribery involving a high-ranking Turkish judge, claiming detainees were released in exchange for large sums of money,...
Turkey has ‘systematically failed to detect foreign bribery’: OECD report
A recent Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) report published on June 20 raised significant concerns about Turkey’s enforcement of laws penalizing foreign bribery, highlighting...
7 pro-gov’t foundations divided up 769 dormitories seized over Gülen links: journalist
Seven pro-government foundations in Turkey have shared among themselves 769 of 848 student dormitories seized for affiliation with the faith-based Gülen movement since a...
Turkey’s top appeals court upholds sentence of police officer who shot young Syrian refugee...
Turkey’s Supreme Court of Appeals has upheld the conviction of a police officer who shot a young Syrian refugee to death in 2020, the...
Kılıçdaroğlu vows to reinstate ‘Peace Academics’ if elected
Leader of Turkey’s main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) and presidential candidate Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu has promised to reinstate all academics who were fired from...
Iraq submits complaint to UN against Turkey after attack on civilians
Iraq has filed a complaint to the UN Security Council, requesting an urgent session to discuss a deadly artillery attack this week that Baghdad...
Leftist party questions Turkish intelligence over alleged ISIL ties on anniversary of Ankara bombing
As Turkey marks the 10th anniversary of the country’s deadliest terrorist attack, a left-wing party has raised questions in parliament over alleged links between...
Human rights organizations urge Turkey to end bans on Saturday Mothers vigils
Amnesty International and several human rights organizations including the Civil Rights Defenders, the Civicus Global Alliance and EuroMed Rights have called on Turkish authorities...
Body in potter’s field identified as refugee thrown into river by Turkish gendarmes
A body buried in a potter’s field in İstanbul has been identified as one of the refugees who were allegedly thrown into a river...
15 bar associations slam defacing of Kurdish-language traffic signs
Fifteen bar associations from Turkey’s Kurdish-majority regions have issued a joint statement condemning the defacing of Kurdish traffic signs, allegedly under the supervision of...
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Turkey's record on torture and ill-treatment continued to deteriorate in 2025, despite its commitments under international human rights conventions.
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