MPs from Council of Europe member states seek sanctions over Turkey’s failure to implement court rulings
A group of 28 lawmakersof the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE), drawn from national parliaments…
20 opposition mayors remain jailed as crackdown on CHP rolls back its 2024 local election gains
Twenty elected mayors from Turkey’s main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) remain in prison two years after the…
Police accused of beating 3 brothers after traffic dispute in eastern Turkey
Three brothers in eastern Turkey were detained and beaten by police following a traffic dispute on Wednesday, the…
Turkey proposes mandatory identity checks for social media, raising press freedom concerns
Turkey’s Ministry of Justice is drafting a bill requiring social media users to verify their identity through a…
Turkey deepened rights crackdown, impunity in 2025: Amnesty International
Turkey saw worsening restrictions on human rights, mounting prosecutions of rights defenders, growing political pressure on the judiciary…
Former governor arrested in probe into disappearance of Kurdish student
A Turkish court has jailed former Tunceli governor Tuncay Sonel on charges including evidence tampering in a long-running…
Turkey moves to sell seized pro-opposition broadcaster TELE1
Turkish authorities have put the assets of opposition television station TELE1 up for sale, months after the detention…
Dismissed Turkish civil servant hospitalized after reported suicide attempt in prison
A Turkish civil servant dismissed by an emergency decree after a coup attempt in 2016 and later sentenced…
Orbán’s EU fixer faces becoming Hungary’s ‘fall guy’ – POLITICO
“By definition, everybody understands of each other that the loyalty is to your political bosses and to delivering…
Why the opposition is hoping for more support from Berlin and Brussels • Table.Briefings
Serbian opposition figures are drawing new hope from Péter Magyar’s election victory in Hungary. Leading critics of President…
Municipal staff, CHP provincial chairman among 29 detained in continuing crackdown on main opposition
Turkish police on Monday detained 29 people, including municipal staff and the western province of Uşak’s provincial head…
Number of pretrial detainees in Turkey jumps 62 percent since 2023
The number of people held in pretrial detention in Turkey reached 62,514 as of April 1, 2026, up…