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Turkey dismissed more than 34,000 teachers over Gülen links after 2016 coup attempt

Turkey dismissed 34,795 teachers over alleged links to the Gülen movement during a state of emergency declared after a 2016 coup attempt, the Stockholm...

Turkish prisons at 40 percent overcapacity: report

Turkey’s prison population has reached 428,267, exceeding official capacity by 40 percent, the Stockholm Center for Freedom reported, citing data compiled by the Civil Society...

Active-duty and former military officers among 22 sought over alleged Gülen movement links

The Ankara Chief Public Prosecutor’s Office has issued detention warrants for 22 individuals including active and former military officers, as part of ongoing investigations...

Turkey seized $1.8 billion in assets in the first 10 months of 2025: minister

Turkey’s interior minister said on Monday that authorities had seized assets worth 76 billion lira ($1.8 billion) as part of investigations into 552 crime...

Turkish construction giant employs undocumented workers at Barcelona’s Camp Nou: unions

Turkey's Limak Holding used undocumented foreign workers at Barcelona’s Camp Nou renovation site and dismissed at least 14 of them, according to Spanish and...

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...

Preliminary forensic report points to chemical exposure in İstanbul family deaths

Turkey’s Council of Forensic Medicine (ATK) has said preliminary findings show that a German-Turkish family who fell ill at an İstanbul hotel most likely...

Turkey detains alleged ISIL leader in probe into deadly İzmir police shooting

Turkish police have detained Halis Bayancuk, widely described in Turkish media as the country’s alleged Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) leader,...

Turkey blocks İmamoğlu’s campaign account for fourth time

Turkey on Monday blocked the X campaign account of İstanbul mayor and main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) presidential candidate Ekrem İmamoğlu, following the...

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...

Turkish cartoonist freed under judicial supervision after months in pretrial detention

A Turkish court has ordered the release of LeMan satirical magazine cartoonist Doğan Pehlevan under judicial supervision in a case that had kept him...

26 detained as Turkey seizes payment platform IQ Money in illegal betting probe

İstanbul prosecutors have detained 26 people and put payment platform IQ Money under the control of Turkey’s Savings Deposit Insurance Fund (TMSF) as part...

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