State funding for Turkish Maarif Foundation surges to record levels
The Turkish government sharply increased budget allocations to the Turkish Maarif Foundation (TMV) in 2025, with funding rising to TL 6.7 billion ($154.7 million),...
Far-right Turkish leader praises police violence against members of religious group
Devlet Bahçeli, the leader of Turkey’s far-right Nationalist Movement Party (MHP), has praised the excessive force used by police officers in the southern province...
CPJ calls on Turkey to investigate airstrikes that killed journalists
The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) on Tuesday called on Turkey to immediately conduct a full and transparent investigation into whether Hawar News Agency...
Turkish authorities detain 75 over alleged links to Gülen movement in latest crackdown
Turkish authorities have detained 75 people over the last four days in two separate investigations targeting the faith-based Gülen movement, Turkish media reported.
On November...
Widow files complaint against police for blaming husband in crash with Somali president’s son
The widow of a motorcycle courier who was killed in a traffic accident caused by Mohamed Hassan Sheik Mohamud, a son of the Somali...
Turkish authorities take action against artists supporting student-led boycott
Turkish authorities have started taking action against celebrities who supported a boycott of purchases on Wednesday to protest the arrest of İstanbul’s opposition mayor,...
Educator İnandı still unable to use right arm due torture and mistreatment, photos reveal
Photographs released by the administration of Turkey's notorious Silivri Prison on Saturday revealed that Orhan İnandı, a Turkish-Kyrgyz educator rendered to Turkey from Kyrgyzstan,...
Pushbacks of Turkish asylum seekers from Greece to Turkey: Violation of the principle of...
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This report focuses on how illegal pushbacks by Greek authorities have devastating consequences on Turkish asylum seekers upon their return to Turkey.
In recent years...
Kılıçdaroğlu vows to end the appointment of trustees to municipalities in Kurdish-majority southeastern Turkey
Leader of Turkey’s main opposition Republican People’s Party and presidential candidate Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu has promised to stop the practice of removing duly elected mayors...
Pregnant woman unlawfully arrested in Antalya for aiding families of post-coup victims
A pregnant woman was unlawfully arrested on September 30 in Turkey's southern Antalya province for helping the families of individuals targeted by a post-coup...
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Sippenhaft, also known as...