Turkish court rejects arrest request for contractor in building collapse case
A court has rejected calls to arrest contractor Şükrü İşitmen despite renewed appeals from victims’ lawyers during the third hearing involving the collapse of...
The Year in Review: Crackdown on the Kurdish Political Movement
The Turkish government continued its efforts to criminalize the Kurdish political movement with a view to weakening the pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP), Turkey’s...
Satirical magazine dedicates cover to two youths who died by suicide
Turkish weekly satirical magazine Leman has portrayed on the cover of its new issue two young men whose recent deaths by suicide led to debates...
Turkey adds exiled journalist Dündar to ‘Terrorist Wanted List’
Can Dündar, a Turkish journalist living in exile, has been added to the Turkish Interior Ministry’s “Terrorist Wanted List,” Turkish Minute reported on Friday.
Dündar...
COMMENTARY — Did Turkey’s intel have anything to do with a bomb attack on...
By Abdullah Bozkurt & Ahmet Dönmez
A suicide bombing attack aboard a civilian passenger jet in Mogadishu on Feb 2, 2016 that forced the plane...
Greek police pushed back 5 Turkish asylum seekers fleeing Erdoğan’s crackdown
Greek authorities on Sunday forcibly pushed back five Turks — a mother and her two children, another woman and a man — after they...
Lawyers call journalist’s arrest ‘disproportionate’ to the charges filed against him
The lawyers for a journalist who was arrested last week due to one of his reports have objected to his arrest on the grounds...
Activists call for release of ailing 76-year-old inmate
Social media users on Thursday called on Turkish authorities to release Ahmet Öztürk, an ailing prisoner who is suffering from deteriorating health.
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A retired banker,...
Turkish court acquits Bloomberg journalists over article on lira fal
A Turkish court on Friday acquitted two Bloomberg reporters of trying to sabotage the economy with an article about the currency crisis of 2018,...
Şenyaşar family barred by Şanlıurfa governor from accessing courthouse premises
Members of the Şenyaşar family, who have been demanding justice for three of their relatives murdered by people connected to a lawmaker from Turkey’s...
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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...
Human Rights in Turkey: 2023 in Review
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This report highlights the most important developments in the area of human rights in Turkey during the year 2023.
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