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.
Criticism that arrests, defined in the law as a ‘precautionary measure’, have been turned into a means of punishment has been proven valid. The number of detainees, which stood at 38,000 in 2023, reached 70,693 as of 1 September 2026.
As the process in Syria, which is also directly affecting developments in Turkey, draws to a close, everything is proceeding in line with US plans. As part of the US strategy of engaging with ‘centralised regimes’, the SDF and other organisations are being dismantled.
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