Turkish Deputy PM Bozdağ says German Foreign Minister Gabriel has ‘inferiority complex’
Turkey’s Deputy Prime Minister Bekir Bozdağ has targeted Germany’s foreign minister Sigmar Gabirel after he offered damning criticism of Turkey's autocratic President Recep Tayyip...
A nurse, mother of 7-month-old, commits suicide after purged by gov’t decree in Turkey
Sevgi Balcı, mother of a seven-month-old baby and a nurse who was fired by a government decree in October 2016, committed suicide by hanging...
Jailed police chief Anadolu Atayün’s wife detained by Turkish government
Turkish government has detained Birsen Atayün, the wife of jailed police chief Anadolu Atayün, just days after her 15-year-old son and 17-year-old daughter were...
Turkey releases 3 thousand more convicts to open up space in prisons for witch...
By means of new decrees issued by Turkish government on Friday, three thousand more convicts will be released immediately on probation unless they are...
Infamous Turkish intelligence tied to autocratic President Erdoğan by new gov’t decree
The infamous Turkish National Intelligence Organization (MİT) was tied to the presidency with two new decrees (KHK) that Turkey issued on Friday morning, enabled...
922 more, including 120 academics, 190 diplomats, dismissed by Turkish government
With two new decrees that Turkey issued on Friday morning, enabled by state of emergency powers, 922 more people, including 120 academics and 190...
Court charges jailed US pastor with attempting to destroy constitutional order in Turkey
A Turkish court on Thursday charged American pastor Andrew Brunson, who was jailed in Turkey in October due to alleged links to the faith-based Gülen...
EU’s leftists condemns Erdoğan’s abuse of Interpol, political interference in Germany
European United Left-Nordic Green Left (GUE/NGL) in the European Parliament condemned Turkey's autocratic President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s abuse of Interpol red notices against his critics abroadand political interference...
Erdoğan’s henchman says the US involved into Turkish coup attempt on July 15
Aydın Ünal, the deputy of ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) and the former speech writer of Turkey's autocratic President and AKP Chairman Recep...
Kurdish victim of torture reveals severe ill-treatments under police custody in Turkey
Abdi Aykut, an old Kurdish villager who was subjected to systematic torture and maltreatment during 14 days under police detention, has told about the...
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Turkey's political opposition faced intensifying pressure in 2025, with the judiciary emerging as the primary instrument for targeting dissenting voices. The most far-reaching measures...
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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.
Throughout the year human rights organizations...
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