Turkish man officially changes religion to exempt child from mandatory Islamic lessons
A man in Turkey has officially converted to Christianity from Islam with the aim of making his child exempt from religion classes, which are...
International jurist groups call for justice in murder case of Kurdish human rights lawyer
A total of 33 NGOs from across the world have released a joint statement concerning the trial concerning the murder of prominent human rights...
Tribunal set up to rule on Turkey’s human rights record: Chair of EP human...
The Turkey Tribunal was set up to review and rule on Ankara’s human rights record, Marie Arena, chair of the European Parliament (EP) Subcommittee...
Turkey issues arrest warrant for YouTuber due to ‘insulting’ comments about Islam, Prophet
Turkish Justice Minister Yılmaz Tunç has announced the issuance of an arrest warrant for a popular YouTuber whose remarks on Islam and the Prophet...
Turkey is a mafia state, now more than ever, report funded by US and...
“Turkey has become known as a mafia state and the evidence suggests that this is the case, now more than ever,” according to the...
Former teacher jailed over Gülen links with premature baby
Ayşe Ercengiz, a former primary school teacher dismissed by a government decree in the aftermath of a 2016 coup attempt, was arrested on Monday...
CHP İstanbul chair faces imprisonment for ‘insulting’ Erdoğan’s communications chief
The Ankara Public Prosecutor’s Office has submitted an indictment requesting between one year, two months and two years, four months’ imprisonment for Republican People’s...
Turkey detains 108 people over alleged Gülen links: minister
Turkish police have detained 108 people across 29 provinces over their alleged links to the Gülen movement, a faith-based group targeted by the government, Turkey’s...
Turkey’s Transnational Repression: Abduction, Rendition and Forcible Return of Erdoğan Critics
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This report focuses on how the Turkish government under President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has used extrajudicial and illegal methods for the forcible transfer...
Turkish police intervene in teachers’ protest, detain 15
The police in Ankara on Tuesday night forcibly broke up a protest staged by an education workers labor union, detaining 15 teachers, the Artı...
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