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Turkey detains 74 over Gülen links on anniversary of coup attempt: minister

Turkish police on Monday detained 74 people across 27 provinces over their alleged links to the faith-based Gülen movement, the Stockholm Center for Freedom...

Questions about failed coup remain unanswered 8 years on because ‘gov’t, opposition parties want it that way’

Eight years after a failed attempt in Turkey on July 15, 2016, significant questions remain unanswered. A woman who lost her son and husband...

Family punishment in Turkey: Report details how Erdoğan uses the Nazi practice of ‘Sippenhaft’

The Stockholm Center for Freedom (SCF) today released its latest report, “Family Punishment in Turkey: How Erdoğan’s Uses the Nazi Practice of Sippenhaft,” a...

3 killed in wildfires in western Turkey

Three people died in wildfires that swept through a forested area in the Çeşme district of İzmir province on Monday, the state-run Anadolu news...

Turkey shaken by death of two from electric shock during heavy rain in İzmir

The death of two people from electric shock after stepping in a puddle during a downpour in Turkey’s western İzmir province last week has...

Russian man sought on INTERPOL Red Notice captured in Antalya

Turkish police have captured a Russian man in the southern province of Antalya who was sought on an INTERPOL Red Notice on bribery charges...

Erdoğan signals end of military ops in north Iraq, Syria amid reconcilation efforts

Turkey's president, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, on Saturday announced the imminent end of his government's operations against the outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) in northern...

Bill to remove stray dogs from Turkey’s streets faces backlash from animal lovers

Turkey’s ruling party presented a controversial bill to parliament on Friday that seeks to round up millions of stray dogs, sparking alarm among animal...

Over 40 CSOs point to systematic torture practices, impunity in Turkey for UN review

More than 40 civil society organizations (CSOs) have submitted reports to the United Nations Committee Against Torture (CAT) detailing systematic torture practices, enforced disappearances,...

Top court upholds TV preacher’s sentence, orders confiscation of TL 5 billion in assets

Turkey’s top appeals court has upheld the conviction and 8,658-year prison sentence of Adnan Oktar, a controversial TV preacher, while also ordering the confiscation...

Landmark ECtHR decision demands immediate action in ongoing, finalized Gülen trials: MP

Mustafa Yeneroğlu, a lawmaker from the opposition Democracy and Progress Party (DEVA), on Thursday said Turkey must implement in all ongoing and finalized trials a...

Turkey has investigated more than 700K people over Gülen links since failed coup: minister

Turkish Justice Minister Yılmaz Tunç has revealed the details of an ongoing crackdown on followers of the faith-based Gülen movement since a failed coup...

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