The Istanbul 1st Criminal Court of First Instance has ordered the closure of T24’s online news portal and social media accounts. The court’s ruling has been forwarded to the Cyber Security Directorate for enforcement. It was noted that the ruling was issued due to ‘118 pieces of content constituting LGBT propaganda’ over the past year.
Merdan Yanardağ, the detained journalist acting as defence counsel in the ‘espionage’ trial being heard in Silivri, said: “The real aim is to silence TELE1 and block İmamoğlu’s path. We are defending the country’s right to information”
The report by the Children’s Rights Centre of the Association for Ideas and Arts (FİSA) revealed that 239 children lost their lives due to preventable causes during the summer months. The report noted that 225 children died in areas where the state had failed to fulfil its obligation to prevent violations of the right to life
Mustafa Bildircin The amounts of public losses identified and ruled upon during audits of public authorities with general and special budgets have been revealed. The amount of public loss, disclosed in the General Compli...
The social welfare spending, criticised by the opposition on the grounds that it is “creating a culture of charity”, has caused the general administration sector’s expenditure pool to overflow. It has also been revealed that social welfare spending in 2025 increased by 40 per cent compared to 2024, reaching 6.4 trillion TL
It is clear that a wave of neo-fascism has taken hold across Europe. This situation has given rise to a great deal of pessimism. However, they are not the only ones on the continent; the left is also present. Die Linke has won Berlin, whilst in Austria the Communists have taken Graz. In Sweden, the Left Party has entered Parliament; Mélenchon will be competing against Le Pen; and the Belgian Workers’ Party has reached 21 per cent.
Across the country, living spaces have been encircled by mining licences. Almost three out of every ten districts have been classified as ‘abandoned areas’. Over the past four years, the areas granted to companies have exceeded 1 million hectares. In 2026 alone, an area larger than 8 provinces was transferred to capital.
Whilst discourses on ‘the family’, ‘the protection of children’ and ‘public morality’ have become common tools for policies targeting LGBTI+ people in various countries around the world, repression in Turkey is intensifying with new crackdowns. Rights advocates, meanwhile, have come together under the name ‘We Want Freedom’ Campaign Group
Comedian Deniz Göktaş, now on the 88th day of his detention, is appearing in court for the first time. Göktaş faces a prison sentence of between 2 years and 2 months and 12 years and 2 months on three separate charges.
The AKP’s narrative of individual mistakes doesn’t hold water. No matter how much the government tries to deflect blame, the gulf between the opulence at the top and the poverty at the bottom remains unchanged.
The scandal that emerged from the fund embezzlement has laid bare the abyss into which the regime has dragged the country. The resignation of Sayan, a member of the AKP who is alleged to have made a profit of over 2 billion lira, is not enough; this system must be overhauled from top to bottom.
While restricting spaces for demonstrations and strikes, the government is intensifying its intervention in digital platforms where dissent finds expression. As hundreds of accounts are blocked, the opposition must create new means of communication in the face of the regime’s all-out attacks.
The SOL Party issued a statement regarding the death of Ali Şekeroğlu, a 60-year-old retired police officer who took his own life during a protest by pensioners outside the Constitutional Court.
Gürsel Köksal Cem Özdemir, Germany ’s first state premier of Turkish origin, apparently does not know Elif Eralp , whom a large majority of voters in the capital, Berlin , have given the chance to go down in the country’...
As part of the US’s plan to invest in ‘hubs’ in Iraq and Syria, significant decisions were taken in New York. Ankara has decided to hand over the Bashiqa Base in Sinjar to Baghdad, whilst the Turkish Armed Forces’ presence in Syria is also set to be brought into a ‘legal’ framework. All eyes are on Iran.
As purchasing power has eroded, borrowing has become a means of making ends meet. Since the start of the year, consumer loans and personal credit card debts have risen by 20.3 per cent. Personal credit card debts subject to debt collection due to non-payment have soared by 55.3 per cent.
AKP-run municipalities are successively passing resolutions to provide aid to Syria. Municipal councils are adopting resolutions to donate refuse lorries, refuse bins and lorries to Syria to contribute to the country’s recovery process.
It has been alleged that trees are being felled for firewood and barbecue charcoal in the vicinity of Dal Mezrası in Karakoçan, Elazığ. Local residents have protested against these actions.
The AKP government has effectively rendered the 2023 local elections invalid. Dozens of municipalities have changed hands through the appointment of trustees and transfers. If the Presidential Palace secures the result it desires in the presidential election, it aims to deny the opposition any chance of establishing a government at local level as well.
The Palace regime, which delivers anti-imperialist speeches from the UN podium, has once again demonstrated that, in practice, it is fully subservient to the US’s plans for the region. Whilst Turkey is effectively being drawn into the Iran–US conflict, signals have been sent regarding an operation against the Houthis. Attempts were made to whitewash imperialist banditry in the region through the Gaza summit.
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