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1,345 arrested in first 10 months of 2025 as Turkey’s crackdown on Gülen movement continues

Turkish authorities arrested 1,395 people in the first 10 months of 2025 as part of an ongoing crackdown on the faith-based the Gülen movement, Interior...

ECtHR faults Turkey for post-coup detention of 86 people over Gülen links

The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has faulted Turkey over the arrest and pretrial detention of 86 people following a failed coup in...

Erdoğan’s far-right ally vows to visit jailed PKK leader himself if lawmakers avoid trip

Devlet Bahçeli, the head of Turkey’s far-right Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) and a key ally of President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, said on Tuesday he...

Cyprus says Turkey must drop two-state push to advance EU membership

Cypriot President Nikos Christodoulides said Friday that Turkey cannot move forward in its long-stalled European Union membership bid unless it abandons its call for...

Turkey joins push for UN approval of Trump Gaza plan with vote set for Monday

The UN Security Council will vote Monday on a resolution backing US President Donald Trump’s Gaza plan, with Turkey joining the United States and...

Press freedom groups urge Turkey to end media crackdown, free journalists

Eight international press freedom groups on Thursday called on Turkey to revise laws restricting media freedom, release jailed journalists and take concrete steps to...

Turkey logged more than 3,200 torture or ill-treatment cases in 2024: report

Turkey recorded at least 3,254 cases of torture or ill-treatment in 2024 that occurred in police custody, at protests and in prisons, the Human...

Turkey no longer a safe haven for Uyghurs amid residency cancellations and deportation risks: HRW

Turkey is increasingly restricting the legal stay of Uyghurs and deporting some to third countries despite the risk of eventual return to China, in...

Turkey ranks among world’s worst for internet freedom: Freedom House

Turkey is among the five countries with the steepest long-term declines in internet freedom, according to a new report released Thursday by US-based democracy...

Turkey condemns Greek air force over C-130 post shared after fatal plane crash

Turkey has condemned Greece’s air force for sharing photos of C-130 cargo planes on social media just two days after a Turkish military C-130...

Main opposition leader says gov’t now targets his party after years of pressure on Kurds

Özgür Özel, the leader of Turkey’s main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP), says the Turkish government has replaced its old focus on cracking down...

Turkey expands Investco probe, appoints trustees to 20 more companies

İstanbul prosecutors have expanded their investigation into Investco Holding, with a court putting 20 additional companies linked to the group under the management of...

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