Dehumanizing a Legacy: How Fethullah Gülen’s Death Triggered a Campaign of Hate Speech in...
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This report examines the surge of hate speech following the death of Fethullah Gülen, a US-based cleric whose followers have been systematically persecuted...
İstanbul Governor’s Office refuses to allow Mahsa Amini commemoration
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Turkish court hands down 27-year sentence to exiled journalist Dündar
A Turkish court on Wednesday handed down a prison sentence of 27 years, six months to exiled journalist Can Dündar in a trial concerning...
Pro-Erdoğan journalist tracked Turkish political dissidents while using fake name and address in Denmark
Abdurrahman Şimşek, news coordinator for the Sabah newspaper, which is aligned with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, who has been "mapping" political dissidents from...
37 detained across Turkey for helping families of jailed Gülen followers
Thirty-seven people have been detained in a Bartın-based operation that was also conducted in Karabük, İstanbul and Isparta provinces on terrorism charges for helping...
Turkey’s main opposition leader visits Gezi trial defendants, calls for immediate release
Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu, leader of Turkey’s main opposition the Republican People’s Party (CHP), visited Gezi Park trial defendants in Silivri’s Marmara Prison on Friday and...
Turkey a leading country in violating women journalists’ rights: CFWIJ report
Turkey was a leading country in the violation of women journalists’ rights in June, according to a monthly reportreleased by the Coalition For Women...
Support pours in for doctor facing smear campaign over previous activism against torture
The portrayal of a doctor in a documentary about an organization run by a preacher convicted of sexual exploitation as a supporter of the...
Turkey violated prisoners’ rights by not granting visits for schoolchildren on weekends: ECtHR
The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) ruled on Tuesday that Turkish authorities violated the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR) by not allowing...
Members of anti-gov’t Furkan Foundation allegedly tortured, threatened by Turkish police
Police allegedly subjected three members of the Furkan Foundation, an anti-government religious group, who were detained on September 10 to torture and mistreatment at...
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