Survey shows level of happiness in Turkey goes down in 2017
The level of self-reported happiness among all individuals in Turkey was 58 percent in 2017, down slightly from 61.3 percent in 2016, according to...
75-year-old woman imprisoned for solidarity with prisoners suffers from deteriorating health
Hatice Yıldız, an ailing 75-year-old woman who had been sentenced to four years on charges of “financing a terrorist organization” because she sent money...
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...
More than 2 million terrorism investigations launched in Turkey following failed coup: official data
Turkish prosecutors have launched more than 2 million terrorism investigations following a coup attempt in the country in 2016, Turkish Minute reported.
Lawyer Leven Mazılıgüney...
Turkish journalist living in exile attacked outside home in Germany
Erk Acarer, a Turkish journalist who is critical of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s government and has been living in exile in Germany, said he...
Pregnant woman subjected to sexual harassment and insults by prosecutor during interrogation
Nigar Kocabaş, a pregnant woman who in 2016 was interrogated by Chief Public Prosecutor İbrahim Keskin in the northern Turkish city of Samsun for...
Gov’t-appointed Boğaziçi University rector suspends 16 academics for involvement in protests
Boğaziçi University rector Naci İnci, who was appointed by Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, has suspended 16 academics over their participation in protests against...
FATF punishing Turkey for taking action against LGBT people, Interior Minister Soylu says
Interior Minister Süleyman Soylu has slammed the Financial Action Task Force's (FATF) decision to place Turkey under increased monitoring, saying the move aimed to...
Increasing number of doctors emigrating from Turkey, says Turkish Medical Association chair
A total of 197 Turkish doctors in January requested official certificates of their criminal records to facilitate immigration procedures in other countries, said Turkish...
Airstrike blamed on Turkey kills 2 civilians in northern Iraq
Two people were killed on Friday in an airstrike on the autonomous Kurdish region of northern Iraq, an official said, accusing Turkey of being...
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