Turkey blocks 940 accounts, shuts down 93 Telegram groups after school attacks
Turkish authorities blocked access to 940 social media accounts and shut down 93 Telegram groups following two deadly…
Turkey detains 8 people in 2 operations targeting CHP-run municipalities
Turkish police detained eight people in two operations targeting municipalities run by the main opposition Republican People’s Party…
Turkish authorities released school shooter the day before he opened fire
A gunman who opened fire at a high school in southeastern Turkey on Tuesday, wounding 16 people before…
Turkish main opposition figure faces over 4 years in prison for allegedly insulting Erdoğan
Canan Kaftancıoğlu A Turkish court has accepted the indictment of a prominent main opposition figure, seeking up to…
Left-wing party leader arrested in Turkey amid expanding crackdown on opposition
A Turkish court on Wednesday ordered the pretrial detention of Sezin Uçar, a lawyer and deputy co-chair of…
Turkish court sentences veteran journalist to prison over social media posts
A Turkish court on Tuesday sentenced veteran journalist Zafer Arapkirli to more than two years in prison for…
Family accuses governor’s son in young Kurdish woman’s death, alleges coverup by former official
The family of a young Kurdish woman who disappeared in eastern Turkey in 2020 has accused the son…
Turkey detains 13 in disappearance of young Kurdish woman after 6 years of stalled probe
Authorities in Turkey have detained 13 people in connection with the disappearance of a young Kurdish woman, reviving…
11 jailed among 59 detained in operations targeting main opposition-run municipalities
Turkish courts on Saturday jailed 11 people among the 59 detained this week in operations targeting municipalities run…
ECtHR asks Turkey to respond in case concerning İmamoğlu’s pretrial detention
The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has asked the Turkish government to respond to an application filed by jailed…
EU rapporteur slams detention of stand-up comedian in Turkey over joke
European Parliament Turkey rapporteur Nacho Sanchez Amor on Friday condemned the brief detention of a…
Liberal International to honor jailed businessman Kavala with 2025 freedom award
Liberal International will award its 2025 Prize for Freedom to jailed Turkish businessman and civil society figure Osman Kavala at…