Dissenting judge in Khashoggi trial to quit profession after demotion
A Turkish judge who cast a dissenting vote against the transfer of the murder trial of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi to Riyadh has decided...
526 detained for attending events during Pride Month in Turkey
A total of 526 people, including 34 minors, were detained by police at Pride Month events recently held across Turkey, Turkish Minute reported, citing...
US academic Barkey says impossible to know what really happened on July 15
US academic Henri Barkey, who is among those accused by the Turkish government of organizing of a coup attempt in 2016, has said it...
Former cadets call on top court to reverse decision upholding their life sentences
After Turkey’s top appeals court in late July upheld life sentences handed down to 60 former military cadets who were jailed in the aftermath...
25-year-old man dies under suspicious circumstances at police station in Manisa province
A 25-year-old man died last night under suspicious circumstances at a police station in the western Turkish province of Manisa, the Duvar news website...
Erdoğan targets teachers for decision to boycott career exams
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has targeted educators in Turkey who have decided to boycott career exams that will allow them to obtain the...
Gun violence surged by over 74 percent in Turkey in last 6 years: report
Incidents of gun violence in Turkey increased by 74.7 percent between 2015 and 2021, resulting in the death of 2,145 people last year, Turkish...
Turkish novelist and Nobel laureate says there is immense political pressure in Turkey
Orhan Pamuk, Turkish novelist and recipient of the 2006 Nobel Prize in Literature, said in an interview that there was immense political pressure in...
Conditions for inmates at Turkish prison ‘much better than home,’ gov’t broadcaster claims
Elif Akkuş, a correspondent for Turkish public broadcaster TRT, spent a day with mothers and children at Sincan Prison in Ankara and said that...
Man extradited from Sweden to Turkey imprisoned for alleged PKK membership
A Turkish court on Saturday jailed a man convicted of membership in the outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) a day after Sweden extradited him,...
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This report examines how the sweeping measures introduced in Turkey following the coup attempt of July 15, 2016 evolved over the next decade...
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The Forgotten Victims: Children of Turkey’s Post-Coup Purge
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Human Rights in Turkey: 2024 in Review
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This report highlights the most important developments in the area of human rights in Turkey during the year 2024.
Throughout the year Turkey continued...
Dehumanizing a Legacy: How Fethullah Gülen’s Death Triggered a Campaign of Hate Speech in...
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Family Punishment in Turkey: How Erdoğan Uses the Nazi Practice of Sippenhaft
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This report focuses on how the Turkish government, under President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, has used family punishment against his opponents.
Sippenhaft, also known as...