Turkey is using its disinformation law to criminalize independent reporting through repeated detentions and prosecutions, the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) said Monday, urging the government…

Turkish authorities have blocked the X account of a journalist for the British Sky News broadcaster, she said on Monday, in the latest wave of social media censorship that a rights group has…

Confidential police records obtained by Nordic Monitor reveal that Turkish authorities profiled 207 university students using information about investigations, prosecutions and other measures…

Turkish authorities ordered access blocked to at least 88 X accounts in the early morning hours of October 5, including the official X account of the Freedom of Expression Association (İFÖD), days…

A Kurdish Iranian journalist who spent about a year at a removal center in northwestern Turkey said guards beat him four or five times and repeatedly tried to force him to sign deportation papers,…

Turkey’s Justice Ministry has urgently requested information from courthouses nationwide in preparation for a review of outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK)-related cases that could initially lead…

Turkish authorities have blocked the X account of a journalist for the British Sky News broadcaster, she said on Monday, in the latest wave of social media censorship that a rights group has…

Confidential police records obtained by Nordic Monitor reveal that Turkish authorities profiled 207 university students using information about investigations, prosecutions and other measures…

Turkish authorities ordered access blocked to at least 88 X accounts in the early morning hours of October 5, including the official X account of the Freedom of Expression Association (İFÖD), days…

A Kurdish Iranian journalist who spent about a year at a removal center in northwestern Turkey said guards beat him four or five times and repeatedly tried to force him to sign deportation papers,…

Turkey’s Justice Ministry has urgently requested information from courthouses nationwide in preparation for a review of outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK)-related cases that could initially lead…

Turkish authorities have blocked the X account of a journalist for the British Sky News broadcaster, she said on Monday, in the latest wave of social media censorship that a rights group has…

Confidential police records obtained by Nordic Monitor reveal that Turkish authorities profiled 207 university students using information about investigations, prosecutions and other measures…

Turkish authorities ordered access blocked to at least 88 X accounts in the early morning hours of October 5, including the official X account of the Freedom of Expression Association (İFÖD), days…

A Kurdish Iranian journalist who spent about a year at a removal center in northwestern Turkey said guards beat him four or five times and repeatedly tried to force him to sign deportation papers,…

Turkey’s Justice Ministry has urgently requested information from courthouses nationwide in preparation for a review of outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK)-related cases that could initially lead…

Turkish authorities have blocked the X account of a journalist for the British Sky News broadcaster, she said on Monday, in the latest wave of social media censorship that a rights group has…

Confidential police records obtained by Nordic Monitor reveal that Turkish authorities profiled 207 university students using information about investigations, prosecutions and other measures…

Turkish authorities ordered access blocked to at least 88 X accounts in the early morning hours of October 5, including the official X account of the Freedom of Expression Association (İFÖD), days…

A Kurdish Iranian journalist who spent about a year at a removal center in northwestern Turkey said guards beat him four or five times and repeatedly tried to force him to sign deportation papers,…

The trial in absentia of Swedish journalist Joakim Medin on terrorism-related charges in Turkey has been postponed for a fourth time after a translation error in Sweden’s response to a Turkish…

Turkish labor unions on Friday called for an investigation into possible negligence and the adequacy of mine-safety inspections after a collapse at an coal mine in the western district of Soma killed…

The Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) has called on Turkey to end what it described as repression of LGBTQ+ people and human rights defenders and to protect their fundamental…

A forensic report that emerged six years after the death of Kurdish villager Servet Turgut has documented multiple injuries he suffered after being detained by Turkish gendarmes in southeastern…

Turkish prosecutors have indicted Mabel Matiz, one of Turkey’s most prominent openly queer pop artists, on obscenity charges over a scene in one of his music videos showing two men dancing, as the…

Mersin Mayor Vahap Seçer was among three mayors and 59 other people detained Thursday in corruption investigations involving public procurement at three municipalities in the southern Turkish…

Turkey’s Council of Forensic Medicine (ATK) has ruled that a cancer patient convicted over alleged links to the faith-based Gülen movement is fit to remain in prison, despite signs that his cancer…

Turkish authorities have ordered access blocked to the X account of EngelliWeb, a project that tracks and documents online censorship in Turkey, as restrictions on journalists, rights groups,…

The family and lawyer of Kurdish singer Nûdem Durak, who has spent more than 11 years in prison under sentences totaling 19-and-a-half years, have renewed calls for her release over worsening health…

At least 239 children died across Turkey during June, July and August in incidents that the FİSA Child Rights Center classified as preventable, with traffic crashes, workplace deaths and drownings…

An İstanbul court has shut down independent news website T24 and its social media accounts over content prosecutors described as “LGBT propaganda,” marking a significant escalation in a weekslong…

An İstanbul court has arrested another journalist under the country’s controversial disinformation law, days after YouTube journalist Ali Tarakçı was jailed over a social media post predicting that a…

Turkish political scientist Elçin Aktoprak has been reinstated at Ankara University more than nine years after she was dismissed under a state-of-emergency decree, following an appeals court ruling…

İstanbul police on Tuesday detained a Uyghur woman with a valid residence permit and transported her to a removal center, raising concerns that she could be deported to China, the Uygur Haber news…

Turkish prosecutors are seeking up to five years in prison for Öznur Değer, editor of the pro-Kurdish JINNEWS agency, over social media posts containing news reports and photographs that authorities…

Turkey has jailed two journalists pending trial in an investigation into the 2009 helicopter crash that killed nationalist politician Muhsin Yazıcıoğlu, with an account of the allegations portraying…

United Nations human rights rapporteurs have raised concerns about what they describe as continued judicial harassment of an İstanbul-based civil society organization, questioning a court ruling…

A Turkish women’s rights advocate called for stronger enforcement of protection measures and a return to the Istanbul Convention after 13 women were killed by men across the country in 10 days,…

Turkey has yet to implement 21 of 32 recommendations to prevent corruption among senior government officials and law enforcement personnel, the Council of Europe’s Group of States against Corruption…

The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) on Tuesday found rights violations in 947 more cases involving terrorism convictions handed down in Turkey after a failed coup in July 2016, continuing a…

Turkish police have detained 20 people in raids across six provinces on Tuesday over alleged links to the faith-based Gülen movement, the Velev news website reported. The İstanbul-centered operation…

Turkey’s Constitutional Court has ruled that solitary confinement penalties imposed on 23 female inmates over publications and handwritten notes seized during prison searches violated their freedom…

Turkish prosecutors are seeking more than five years in prison for journalist Alican Uludağ over social media posts about a deadly building collapse that authorities allege spread disinformation, the…

A Turkish prison board has denied a lawyer conditional release, saying he had not demonstrated good behavior, even though his good conduct assessment score was above the minimum required to qualify…

Rights advocates in Turkey say the country has too few shelters for women fleeing violence, warning that limited capacity and failures to enforce protection orders can leave women without a safe…

A Turkish court on Monday convicted popular comedian Deniz Göktaş over remarks in a stand-up performance but ordered his release pending appeal after 88 days in custody, following a defense that…

A Turkish court jailed journalist Ali Tarakcı pending trial Saturday over an X post predicting a cabinet minister’s resignation. Police had detained him earlier in the day, and his account was…

Turkish authorities ordered access blocked to at least 150 X accounts on Monday, including those of journalists and a news outlet, extending a series of restrictions on people covering financial…

Retired police officer Ali Şekeroğlu shot himself Friday at a pension protest outside Turkey’s Constitutional Court in Ankara and died later in a hospital. Şekeroğlu was 60 and had two children, T24…