Syrian Kurds: Turkish military forces hit school, water plant in Afrin
Syrian Kurdish groups and Syrian state media have claimed on Wednesday that Turkish military forces shelled a primary school and a water plant in...
Life sentences sought for 7 people, including journalist Hidayet Karaca, over Gülen links
An Ankara prosecutor on Wednesday sought life sentences for 7 people, including jailed journalist Hidayet Karaca, the former chairman of now-closed Samanyolu Broadcasting Group...
100 acquitted, 64 given life sentences in military academy coup trial in Turkey
An Ankara court has ruled for the acquittal of 100 suspects while handing down life sentences to 60 others and aggravated life sentences to...
Swedish FM Wallström cancels Turkey visit over its military campaign in Afrin
Swedish Foreign Minister Margot Wallström has cancelled her Turkey visit in two weeks due to the Turkish military campaign in Afrin province of northern...
Turkey’s Erdoğan: Obama lied to us, Trump follows the same path
Former US President Barack Obama “lied to Turkey” on the issue of Syrian Kurdish fighters in Syria’s Manbij region and current US President Donald...
Visually-impaired journalist Arat, jailed for 7 months, denied access to Braille books in Turkish...
Visually impaired Turkish journalist Cüneyt Arat, under arrest over alleged ties to the Gülen movement since July 2017, has said in a letter that...
EU expresses concern over Turkish military offensive in Afrin
The European Union (EU) warned on Tuesday that Turkish military offensive against the Kurdish-controlled enclave of Afrin in the northern Syria could derail a...
US demands Turkish gov’t to free Amnesty’s Kılıç and end state of emergency
The US State Department has criticised Turkey for its treatment of the jailed Amnesty International Turkey Chairman Taner Kılıç and called for an end...
EP rapporteur Piri: EU should be loud and clear on human rights in Turkey
Kati Piri, the European Parliament’s rapporteur for Turkey, said on Tuesday during her speech in European Parliament Plenary that "Osman Kavala, Ahmet Şık and Selehattin Demirtaş...
EU’s Tusk and Juncker to meet Turkey’s autocratic President Erdoğan in March
Top European Union officials will meet Turkish autocratic President Tayyip Erdoğan in Bulgaria on March 26 to discuss EU-Turkey relations as well as regional...
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The state of women’s rights in Turkey showed no meaningful improvement in 2025, as longstanding problems persisted and new challenges emerged. Femicides, institutional failures...
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Family Punishment in Turkey: How Erdoğan Uses the Nazi Practice of Sippenhaft
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Human Rights in Turkey: 2023 in Review
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The May 2023 re-election of...
Hate speech and hate crimes against Syrian refugees in Turkey
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