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International media freedom and human rights organizations have called on the incoming Spanish Presidency of the Council of the European Union to place media freedom and...
122,632 jailed over alleged Gülen links since coup attempt in 2016: justice minister
A total of 122,632 people have been jailed over alleged links to the Gülen movement since a coup attempt in Turkey in July 2016,...
13 OnlyFans content creators detained after tossing dollar bills around central İstanbul
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Journalist faces 15 years on terror charges due to news reports on his arrest
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INTERPOL denied Turkey’s 2014 Red Notice request for Gülen: former official
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Turkey detains 24 people over alleged Gülen links
Twenty-four people across Turkey have been detained by the police for alleged links to the Gülen movement, a faith-based group accused by the government...
At least 40 child workers died in Turkey in first 8 months of 2023:...
Main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) deputy Fethi Açıkel has announced that at least 40 child workers in Turkey lost their lives, in the...
Turkey’s top court to no longer accept applications concerning lengthy trials
Turkey’s Constitutional Court has announced that it will no longer accept applications concerning claims of the violation of the right to a fair trial...
Saturday Mothers file complaint alleging mistreatment by police at demonstration
Lawyers representing members of the Saturday Mothers have filed a criminal complaint alleging police mistreatment of the activist group during its 967th weekly vigil...
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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...
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