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 ...