Turkish gov’t prosecutes 267 people over social media posts in a week
The Turkish government has investigated 403 social media accounts and taken legal action against 267 users over the last week (July 16-July 23) on...
Turkey investigated 340,052 people over alleged political crimes in 2025, official data show
Turkish prosecutors investigated 340,052 people in 2025 over alleged political and terrorism-related offenses, official statistics show, highlighting the scale of politically driven investigations in...
Woman calls on Turkish authorities to stop Afghan fiancé’s deportation
The fiancée of an Afghan asylum seeker who was sent to a repatriation center to be deported on Sept. 20 called on Turkish authorities...
Kyrgyz hold vigil in hope of finding missing educator
Kyrgyz who have been protesting since the suspicious disappearance of an educator in the country held a silent vigil in Bishkek on Monday in...
Turkish Embassy personnel attack protestors in Pretoria
Security personnel from the Turkish Embassy in Pretoria pounced on members of the Turkey Solidarity Network (TSN) in South Africa, who were protesting the...
Ex-governor’s son among 10 jailed as probe into disappearance of Kurdish student deepens
The son of a former provincial governor was arrested over the weekend in an investigation into the 2020 disappearance of university student Gülistan Doku,...
Turkish women’s rights activists say sexual and physical abuse perpetrators are granted impunity
Women’s rights activists in Turkey have said perpetrators of gender-based violence, femicide and sexual abuse are granted impunity thanks to reduced prison sentences, the...
Appeals court upholds sentence of former teacher suffering from rare form of cancer
An appeals court on Friday approved a nine year, four month prison sentence for former teacher Ayşe Özdoğan, 33, who suffers from a rare...
Turkish government puts 705th baby behind bars on Children’s Day
On April 23, National Sovereignty and Children's Day, the 705th infant went to jail with its mother, who is accused by the Turkish government of links...
Top lawyers’ group in Kurdish-majority Turkish city calls for reckoning with Armenian genocide
The main lawyers’ group in Kurdish-majority Diyarbakır province, which has faced prosecution over earlier April 24 statements, has called for Turkey to confront the...
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