Turkey’s top appeals court overturns conviction of academic jailed over Gülen links
Turkey’s Supreme Court of Appeals has overturned the conviction of Vedat Demir, a professor of communications and former columnist who was sentenced to more...
Erdoğan critics profiled by Turkish Embassy in Colombia, document reveals
Critics of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan who had been profiled by the Turkish Embassy in Bogotá were included in a terrorism probe based on...
Opposition leader calls for extraordinary parliamentary session to restore status of jailed MP
Erkan Baş, chairman of the Workers’ Party of Turkey (TİP), has called for an extraordinary session of the legislature to restore the parliamentary status...
Members of US Congress express concern about Turkey’s drone program
Twenty-seven members of the US Congress have voiced concern over Turkey’s unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) program in a letter sent to Secretary of State...
Critically ill prisoner denied release despite eligibility for parole
Turkish authorities have for the third time denied the release of an ailing inmate despite his eligibility for parole, the Yeni Yaşam news website...
I wasn’t allowed to breastfeed my twins, says woman unlawfully arrested over alleged Gülen...
“I wasn’t allowed to breastfeed my twin babies and had to throw away my breast milk during the time I was in police custody,”...
Torture victim says he lost his vision due to blows to head in police...
A torture victim who was detained as part of Turkey’s post-coup crackdown when he was a 20-year old university student has said he lost...
Police report finds 7-year-old crushed to death by armored vehicle negligent
A police accident report concerning a 7-year-old boy who was crushed to death by an armored vehicle in southeastern Turkey last week has found...
Turkish police detain 269 after rally for jailed PKK leader’s freedom
Turkish police have detained 269 people in connection to a recent demonstration in Turkey’s predominantly Kurdish province of Diyarbakır where protestors demanded an end to the...
Turkish security forces have killed 502 people at Syrian border in last decade
Turkish security forces have killed a total of 502 people in the last 10 years at the Syrian border, said lawyer Ahmet Baran Çelik...
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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.
Throughout the year human rights organizations...
Turkey’s Transnational Repression: 2025 in Review
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...
Turkey’s Crackdown on the Gülen Movement: 2025 in Review
During the year Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan continued to relentlessly pursue anyone with alleged links with the faith-based Gülen movement, which he described...
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