207 minors convicted in Turkey in 2025 for insulting Erdoğan, government
Two hundred seven minors were convicted in Turkey in 2025 on charges of insulting President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan…
Ex-AKP official indicted over alleged coercion in İstanbul municipality case
Lawyer Mücahit Birinci (L), Businessman Murat Kapki Turkish prosecutors have indicted lawyer and former Justice and Development Party…
Turkey investigates journalist over alleged disclosure of confidential state report
Turkish prosecutors have opened an investigation into a journalist over the alleged disclosure of a confidential state report…
Turkish union official jailed over social media posts criticizing activist’s arrest
A Turkish court on Thursday ordered the pretrial detention of a labor union official over social media posts…
Turkey arrests 24 over Ramadan aid to Gülen-linked families
A Turkish court on Thursday arrested 24 people, most of them women, for providing…
Turkey’s disinformation law used to charge at least 83 journalists since 2022, data show
Turkey has charged at least 83 journalists a total of 114 times under its disinformation law since it…
Turkey puts 11 on trial for LGBT ‘obscenity’
Eleven leaders of a Turkish LGBT rights group went on trial Wednesday on charges of “obscenity” and “violating…
Turkish authorities detain 23 people over alleged links to Gülen movement
Turkish authorities on Saturday 23 detained people, including business owners and tradespeople, in raids across four provinces over…
Amnesty urges authorities to drop charges against LGBTQ+ activists
Amnesty International Turkey on Tuesday urged Turkish authorities to drop what it called unfounded charges against 11 people…
Former teacher dismissed over alleged Gülen links dies of cancer at 49
Sami Demir, a former mathematics teacher dismissed by an emergency decree over alleged links to the faith-based Gülen…
İstanbul’s jailed mayor faces fresh investigation
Turkish prosecutors on Tuesday launched their latest investigation into İstanbul’s jailed opposition Mayor Ekrem İmamoğlu, a prominent rival…
20 detained in probe targeting opposition-run district municipality in İstanbul
Twenty people including municipal officials and contractors have been detained as part of a corruption investigation targeting İstanbul’s…