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Prison authorities deny critically ill woman necessary medical care
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Turkey detains 14 more over alleged Gülen links
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Family Punishment in Turkey: How Erdoğan Uses the Nazi Practice of Sippenhaft
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Hate speech and hate crimes against Syrian refugees in Turkey
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Pushbacks of Turkish asylum seekers from Greece to Turkey: Violation of the principle of...
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Rule of Law(lessness) in Erdoğan’s Turkey: Violation of the principle of legality and no...
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Human rights in Turkey: 2021 in review
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