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Schengen visa delays prevented 50,000 Turkish students from studying abroad in 2024

Some 50,000 Turkish students planning to study abroad faced major problems last year due to long delays and bureaucratic hurdles in obtaining Schengen visas,...

Strasbourg protesters call on Council of Europe to act: ‘Justice for everyone’

Bünyamin Tekin, Strasbourg Nearly 5,000 Turkish expatriates, purge victims, rights advocates and lawmakers gathered Wednesday in front of the Council of Europe (CoE) headquarters in...

12 fugitives extradited to Turkey, majority on INTERPOL list: minister

Twelve fugitives wanted by Turkey, including 11 on INTERPOL Red Notices, have been extradited from nine countries following their capture in a coordinated international...

Young adults drive Turkey’s emigration surge as economic hardship deepens

Young adults are leading the growing wave of emigration from Turkey as economic hardship worsens, youth unemployment reaches record highs and optimism about the...

25 journalists jailed in Turkey in first quarter of 2025: report

The Turkish government intensified its crackdown on the media in the first quarter of 2025, jailing 25 journalists and launching dozens of prosecutions, according...

Survey shows rising support for peace efforts with PKK, but doubts linger

Public support for renewed peace talks between the Turkish government and the outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) has grown significantly in recent months, but...

[INTERVIEW] In US Congress, a veteran voice raises concern over Turkey’s democratic backsliding

Abdülhamit Bilici, Washington, D.C. US Representative Chris Smith, a senior member of the House of Representatives and longtime advocate for global human rights, has been...

Strasbourg protest to call for ‘justice for everyone’ as Turkish rights violations, CoE inaction persist

Thousands of Turkish expatriates are expected to gather in Strasbourg on Wednesday for the fourth annual demonstration outside the Council of Europe (CoE) and...

X blocks access to account of leading Turkish LGBTQ+ group

Social media platform X has blocked access to KaosGL.org, the news outlet of one of the country’s oldest LGBTQ+ rights organizations, based on a...

60 detained in latest operation targeting Turkish restaurant chain over alleged Gülen ties

Turkish police on Tuesday detained 60 suspects in the latest wave of operations targeting Maydonoz Döner, a popular fast-food chain that was previously put...

Turkey detains 182 soldiers, police officers in latest crackdown on Gülen movement

Turkish police have detained 182 soldiers and police officers in a new wave of arrests targeting people accused of ties to the Gülen movement,...

Erdoğan’s far-right ally slams US for strike on Iran after Ankara avoids direct rebuke

Devlet Bahçeli, the leader of Turkey's far-right Nationalist Movement Party (MHP), a key ally of President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, on Monday condemned the US...

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