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Turkish forensic institute says 73-year-old Gülen-linked political prisoner with 75% arterial blockage may be held in prison

DEM Party MP says Ankara prosecutors dismissed hundreds of his complaints over online threats and abuse

LGBTİ+ Turkey: Council of Europe rights commissioner calls for releases; at least 60 have since been remanded, including a journalist

Turkish history teacher dismissed after 21 years, served notice mid-lesson on the first day of the school year

ECtHR finds Turkey violated Article 8 by monitoring all 15 of a imprisoned judge’s lawyer meetings and storing his letters

Hague court orders refugee status in three Gülen-related cases, citing Johan Vande Lanotte January 2025 dated report

Ankara prosecutors order detention of 28 people over an alleged Gülen movement structure said to arrange marriages

Turkish interior minister says 73,000 social media accounts were blocked this year under police cyber patrols

Turkish court blocks X and Instagram accounts of Amnesty Türkiye, Evrensel, MLSA and Academics for Peace on national-security grounds

Pension payments and bank accounts of arrested religious leader Alparslan Kuytul and his followers confiscated, family members

Turkish intelligence and Ankara police detain four accused of alleged Gülen movement links

Turkey’s Justice Academy trains Romanian judges in human rights while the Council of Europe cites Romania as an implementation model

Turkish platform publishes sixth-wave study of the state of emergency’s continuing costs, documenting 214 distinct practices as ‘crimes against humanity’

Turkish police raid LGBTI+ associations, homes and bars in 15 provinces under an operation named “My Family is Safe”

Turkish prosecutors cite royalties, calls with journalists and a Signal link in terrorism indictment against seven media workers

Turkey’s Human Rights Association (IHD) records 1,842 people subjected to torture or ill-treatment in 2025, yet omits ECtHR’s Yalçınkaya ruling!

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