Turkey again blocks aid convoy for Kurds in Syria, NGO says
Turkish authorities have for a second time blocked an aid convoy from reaching the Syrian Kurdish town of…
IFJ condemns shooting of journalist by Turkish forces at Syria border
The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) has condemned the shooting of a journalist by Turkish border guards while she was…
Number of arrests in Turkey’s left-wing crackdown rises to 77
A Turkish court on Friday ordered the arrest of 30 additional people in an investigation targeting the left-wing…
Turkey arrests former military officer convicted over Gülen links
A Turkish court has ordered the arrest of a former military officer in Kayseri province who had been…
Jailed İstanbul mayor indicted in ‘political espionage’ case
Turkish prosecutors have filed an indictment accusing jailed İstanbul Mayor Ekrem İmamoğlu and three others of “political espionage,”…
Turkey fines Kurdish football club, bans player and arrests teenager over solidarity with Kurds in Syria
Turkish football authorities fined the main Kurdish club and banned one of its players after a goal celebration…
Turkish prosecutors file indictment for influencer over video allegedly mocking religious values
Turkish prosecutors have filed an indictment seeking up to three years in prison for social media influencer Murat…
Families dispute suicide rulings in women’s deaths in Turkey, allege inadequate investigation
Families of women in Turkey whose deaths were officially ruled suicides are challenging hundreds of such cases, accusing…
Kenyan court orders unconditional release of Turkish refugee sought by Ankara
A court in the Kenyan capital of Nairobi on Tuesday ordered the unconditional release of Turkish refugee Mustafa…
HRW documents Turkey’s authoritarian trajectory in 2025
Photo: İstanbul Mayor Ekrem İmamoğlu at a court hearing Human Rights Watch (HRW) said on Wednesday that Turkey’s…
26 detained in İzmir bribery probe amid crackdown on Turkey’s main opposition
Turkish police on Thursday detained 26 municipal officials and employees in the western city of İzmir in a…
Turkey’s Transnational Repression: 2025 in Review
Turkey’s campaign of transnational repression against critics abroad continued throughout 2025. Since a coup attempt in July 2016,…