Turkish TV star-turned-mayor detained in new operation targeting opposition
Turkish police on Thursday detained an award-winning television actor who became an opposition mayor in an Ankara district as part of a corruption investigation,...
Turks were second largest group of illegal migrants to Germany in 2023: report
Turkish citizens were the second biggest group of foreign nationals, following Syrians, who entered Germany illegally in 2023, according to a report from the German Federal...
Documents show Turkish diplomats spied on Erdoğan critics in the United Kingdom: report
The Turkish Embassy in London spied on Turkish citizens in the UK and forwarded the illegal profiling list to Ankara, which led to the...
Turkey’s Erdoğan accuses Gülen movement of exporting terrorism from US to 160 countries
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, who has been waging a crackdown on followers of the Gülen movement over the past several years, accused the...
15 detained in probe targeting opposition municipality, New Party MP’s relatives among those sought
Turkish authorities detained 15 people on Friday in a third phase of a corruption investigation targeting the opposition-run Kuşadası Municipality, while prosecutors issued detention...
Inmate denied release from Turkish prison despite suffering from MS
An inmate in Istanbul’s Metris Prison who was previously a major in the Turkish military has been denied suspension of his sentence despite suffering...
AKP, MHP reject motion to investigate 2015 train station bombings in Ankara
Turkey’s ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) and its ally, the Nationalist Movement Party (MHP), have rejected a parliamentary motion to investigate the deadliest...
Turkish gov’t appointed trustee changes Kurdish neighborhood names to Turkish
The Kızıltepe Municipality in southeastern Mardin province, which is managed by a trustee appointed by the Turkish government, has changed the Kurdish names of three...
Erdoğan says EU membership is not a priority for Turkey
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said in an interview aired Sunday that European Union membership was no longer a priority for Ankara, signaling a...
UN report highlights Turkey’s human rights violations in northern Syria
The United Nations' Independent International Commission of Inquiry on the Syrian Arab Republic has released a report implicating Turkey in a series of human...
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This report examines how the sweeping measures introduced in Turkey following the coup attempt of July 15, 2016 evolved over the next decade...
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The Forgotten Victims: Children of Turkey’s Post-Coup Purge
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Human Rights in Turkey: 2024 in Review
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This report highlights the most important developments in the area of human rights in Turkey during the year 2024.
Throughout the year Turkey continued...
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Sippenhaft, also known as...