Woman serving sentence with 3-month-old daughter conditionally released due to baby’s health
Emine Coşkun, who was arrested in İstanbul on Friday to serve a sentence for conviction of links to the Gülen movement and was being...
Turkey’s foreign minister’s university degree under scrutiny after accusations of irregularities
The academic credentials of Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan have come under scrutiny after a lawmaker from the country’s main opposition Republican People’s Party...
Tragedy off Greek coast as 42 migrants attempt journey from Turkey, 4 dead
Three children and a woman were killed Sunday after a boat carrying 42 migrants from Turkey sank off the Greek island of Leros, Agence...
Prosecutors seek up to 2,430 years in prison for jailed İstanbul Mayor İmamoğlu in...
Turkish prosecutors have filed a long-awaited indictment of İstanbul’s jailed mayor, Ekrem İmamoğlu, accusing him of leading a vast criminal network and committing 142...
NATO deploying shelters to earthquake-stricken Turkey
NATO members have agreed to deploy shelters to ally Turkey to help provide accommodation for those left homeless by this week’s devastating earthquakes, Agence...
1,345 arrested in first 10 months of 2025 as Turkey’s crackdown on Gülen movement...
Turkish authorities arrested 1,395 people in the first 10 months of 2025 as part of an ongoing crackdown on the faith-based Gülen movement, Interior...
Last week’s earthquakes test Erdoğan’s one-man rule: report
When Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan assumed sweeping powers in 2018, he swore the state would deliver more under a centralized system that his...
Turkey marks ‘elimination of violence day’ amid protest bans as women push back
Women across Turkey attempted to take to the streets on Tuesday for the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women, with authorities...
TurkStat releases death statistics after a two-year break during pandemic
The Turkish Statistical Institute (TurkStat), which had controversially stopped releasing death statistics during the coronavirus pandemic, has published the death statistics for the years...
Turkey’s designation of Gülen movement as terrorist group lacks legal basis, UN rapporteurs say
UN special rapporteurs have said Turkey’s designation of the faith-based Gülen movement as a terrorist organization fails to meet due process standards and does...
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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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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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Weaponized Diplomacy: How Erdoğan Uses Turkish Missions for Transnational Repression
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Human Rights in Turkey: 2024 in Review
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