President of Turkey’s Religious Affairs Directorate continues targeting non-believers
President of Turkey’s Religious Affairs Directorate (Diyanet) Ali Erbaş said young people must be protected from ideologies that are in conflict with Islam and...
Turkey’s Religious Affairs Directorate has become a tool for silencing dissent
Turkey’s Directorate of Religious Affairs (Diyanet) has become an instrument for President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan's government to silence dissent and cover up wrongdoing.
According to...
67-year-old woman standing trial on terrorism charges for attending fundraisers and religious gatherings
Ulviye Yiğitsözlü, 67, appeared at a hearing yesterday at the Osmaniye 2nd High Criminal Court, where she is being tried on charges of membership...
Homophobic attack sparks outrage among Turkish social media users amid controversy over the country’s...
Photos of a man identified as Fırat Kaya displaying a person whose face is covered in blood with a caption including the name of...
Turkey’s far-right MHP spreading racist propaganda abroad, says German gov’t
Turkey's far-right Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) has been increasingly exerting influence over the Turkish government and spreading racist propaganda abroad, the German federal government...
Turkey’s withdrawal from Istanbul Convention is a ‘worrying step backwards’: UN human rights experts
Turkey’s decision to withdraw from the Istanbul Convention, the Council of Europe’s (CoE) binding treaty to prevent and combat violence against women, is “a...
Representatives of diplomatic missions visit İHD to show solidarity with Turkey’s human rights defenders
The European Union Delegation to Turkey and representatives from 11 diplomatic missions in Ankara on Tuesday visited Özturk Türkdoğan, head of the Human Rights...
Dismissed academic turned laborer killed in construction site accident
Mustafa Çamaş, a prominent bioengineering professor fired from his job by a government decree in the aftermath of a July 15, 2016 coup attempt...
Turkey’s Erdoğan is on a rampage against rights and democracy, says Human Rights Watch
The government of President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan is escalating its assaults on critics, parliamentary democracy and women's rights, said Human Rights Watch (HRW) in...
UN rights chief criticizes Turkish gov’t for withdrawing from Istanbul Convention, detaining politicians and...
United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet in a press statement released today by her spokesperson Liz Throssell criticized the Turkish government...
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