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Turkey’s spying activities in Germany increased in 2021

The number of investigations launched by German authorities into the activities of foreign intelligence services in the country, particularly Turkey’s National Intelligence Organization (MİT),...

280 women murdered in Turkey in 2021: report

There were 280 cases of femicide and 217 women died under suspicious circumstances in Turkey in 2021, according to a report by a women’s...

Biggest robbery in Turkey’s history took place via gov’t’s new economy plan: opposition leader

Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu, leader of Turkey's main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP), has claimed that the biggest robbery in the history of the Turkish Republic...

ErdoÄŸan says opposition to face July-15 like response if they take to the streets

Turkish President Recep Tayyip ErdoÄŸan has warned opposition parties that they will face a response similar to the one given to coup plotters on...

Turkish gov’t holding tender for firefighting planes after poor handling of 2021 wildfires

The Turkish Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry has announced the launch of a tender for the purchase of firefighting planes and helicopters after President...

Dismissed medical secretary who died while pregnant reinstated to job

A medical secretary who was dismissed from her job in a massive purge in the aftermath of a coup attempt in Turkey in 2016...

115 face detention over alleged Gülen links in ‘payphone investigations’

Turkish prosecutors have issued detention warrants for 115 people from a variety of professions due to their alleged links to the Gülen movement based...

Turkey to deport 2 Syrian refugees for threatening, denigrating Turkish women

Two Syrian refugees in Turkey have been detained and will be deported after footage showing them using profanities and threatening Turkish women with rape...

HDP co-chair, 27 other MPs face lifting of parliamentary immunity

Turkish prosecutors have drafted summaries of proceedings against 28 members of parliament including co-chair of the pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) Pervin Buldan seeking...

Press Freedom in Turkey: 2021 in Review

The Turkish government continued to muzzle the press in 2021 in a variety of ways, including imprisoning journalists and using regulatory authorities to exert...

AKP report: Gülen-linked purge victims must face the ‘monsters’ they’ve become

A 2021 report revisiting the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP)’s years-long crackdown on the faith-based Gülen movement says that not all purge victims...

Turks start 2022 with steep price hikes

Turks have started the new year with news of jacked-up prices, fueled by a currency crisis amid the highest rate of inflation in nearly...

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