As Turkey looks ahead to its next presidential election in 2028, critics of the current leadership say political repression ...

On Tuesday evening, Rumeysa Ozturk, a Turkish Fulbright scholar researching children’s digital-media consumption at Tufts University, was taken into ICE custody. Ozturk was handcuffed and forced into ...

On May 8, 2025, the X account of Ekrem İmamoğlu, the jailed mayor of Istanbul and the opposition's presidential candidate, was blocked in Turkey following a court order. The authorities cited a tweet ...

Pro-opposition Halk TV journalist Barış Pehlivan, anchor Seda Selek, and the channel’s managing director Serhan Asker were detained on Tuesday in Turkey, while programme coordinator Kürşat Oğuz and ...

A small collection of nation-states commits most acts of transnational repression, according to a new report by Freedom House. According to the study, 10 nations accounted for 80% of physical assaults ...

Against the background of increasing social inequality and growing discontent within the working class, the Turkish government of President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan continues its wave of arrests and ...