Jailed İstanbul mayor indicted in ‘political espionage’ case
Turkish prosecutors have filed an indictment accusing jailed İstanbul Mayor Ekrem İmamoğlu and three others of “political espionage,” opening a public case that could...
New abuse case involving Ukrainian orphan surfaces in Turkey
A Turkish prosecutor opened a new case over the alleged abuse of a Ukrainian orphan, indicating that abuse allegations involving Ukrainian orphans sheltered in...
Turkish court orders release of jailed journalist Ahmet Altan
A top Turkish court on Wednesday ordered the release of journalist and novelist Ahmet Altan, who was jailed for his alleged involvement in a...
Turkish consul in Australia wrote a scandalous letter to members of Parliament
In a scathing attack on Australian institutions and nationals of Turkish origin as part of Turkish government campaign of persecution and harassment of critics...
Turkish-German footballers received by German president after Erdoğan row
German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier on Saturday met with two German football players with Turkish roots who have been at the center of a political...
Association that caused Booking.com ban in Turkey targets Airbnb and more
The Association of Turkish Travel Agents (TÜRSAB), which paved the way for the blocking of Booking.com in Turkey, has decided to take legal action...
Turkish university student commits suicide as father in jail for months over alleged links...
Ali Furkan Yabaneri, a 24-year-old electrical engineering student at İstanbul’s prestigious Koç University, died of an overdose months after his father was jailed as part...
Turkish journalist released under judicial supervision after detention over YouTube comments
Turkish journalist Levent Gültekin has been released under judicial supervision after being briefly detained over comments made on his YouTube program this week, Turkish...
Turkish journalist: Gülen followers should be forced to commit suicide
Pro-government Turkish journalist and writer Fazıl Duygun has called on authorities to force people jailed over alleged links to the Gülen movement to commit...
Mother with special needs child detained over alleged Gülen links
Zeybegül Yılmaz, who has a 5-year-old special needs child, was detained yesterday evening in İzmir for alleged links to the Gülen movement, Bold Medya...
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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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