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Turkey intercepts boat off Datça and detains nine people sentenced or on trial over alleged Gülen links

The mayor jailed, two councillors jailed, four turned. Then the AKP won Üsküdar — a district it lost in 2024.

A nurse braided her hair on video in solidarity with a killed woman. Turkey has dismissed her from the civil service for life.

Selçuk Mızraklı served seven years for four months as Diyarbakır’s elected mayor. He was released having completed the sentence.

Dutch Court Orders Refugee Status for Turkish Gülenist Couple, Rejecting Claim That Acquittal Ends Risk of Persecution

A 21-year-old with 22 screws in her spine is in an İzmir prison. Her alleged offence: visiting family in Bosnia.

Turkey says it has blocked 2,034 social media accounts, including journalists and activists

Turkey ordered 31 lawyers detained and searched 39 law offices. The Justice Minister pronounced on their “guilt” the same day.

Did Davutoğlu insult President Erdoğan? Turkey has opened an insult investigation into its own former prime minister over a speech he gave five years ago.

Turkey has Europe’s highest imprisonment rate. Its prisons now hold 130,000 more people than they were built for.

Turkey now ranks below Syria for press freedom. RSF places it 163rd of 180 — its lowest position ever.

A boy of 18, days from starting university, took his own life. He had spent his childhood in a family dismantled by emergency decree.

A presidential adviser warned Kuytul his turn was coming. Police raided his home next morning. He, his wife, and now both his lawyers are detained.

NEW REPORT by Prof. Johan Vande Lanotte | Turkey: Fewer prosecutions do not mean less risk.

İmamoğlu’s lawyer has published a prison guide from his cell, 439 days in — past Turkey’s own maximum detention limit.

NEW REPORT by Prof. Johan Vande Lanotte | Turkey: Fewer prosecutions do not mean less risk.

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