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 arrests journalist over post on school knife attack despite later correction
A Turkish court on Saturday ordered the arrest of local journalist Mehmet Yetim on charges of publicly disseminating…
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…
School shooting victim and family face discrimination over father’s alleged Gülen links
An 11-year-old boy killed in a school shooting in southeastern Turkey last week and his family faced discriminatory…
İstanbul district mayor among 18 detained in continuing crackdown on main opposition party
Turkish police detained Onursal Adıgüzel, mayor of İstanbul’s Ataşehir district, three deputy mayors and 14 others in an…
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…
Turkish journalist briefly detained over social media posts on school shootings
A Turkish journalist was briefly detained on Friday on accusations of publicly disseminating misinformation in social media posts…
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…
More than one-third of children in Turkey faced poverty risk in 2025, official data show
Photo: Canva More than one in three children in Turkey faced a risk of poverty or social exclusion…
7 in 10 juvenile offenders in Turkey are repeat cases, data show
Seventy-two percent of minors in Turkey who are entered into the criminal justice system have had prior contact…