Turkish coup suspect, sister face up to 5 years in jail over ‘HERO’ T-shirt
Gökhan Güçlü, a non-commissioned officer, who is one of the suspects on trial for an assassination attempt against Turkish autocratic President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan...
Amedspor player Deniz Naki briefly detained by Turkish police over allegedly insulting Erdoğan
Deniz Naki, a player for Diyarbakır-based Amedspor football team, was briefly detained on Tuseday over his alleged Twitter posts insulting Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, Turkey's...
CoE calls on Turkey to take further steps on violence against women
The Council of Europe (CoE) on Monday called on Turkey to take further action to comply fully with the Istanbul Convention’s provisions on violence...
Turkish university cancels World Greek Language Day events due to xenophobic pushback
The faculty of languages, history and geography of Turkey’s Ankara University on Tuesday announced that it had canceled plans to mark World Greek Language...
Erdoğanist Turks target inter-cultural dialogue activities of Gülen followers in Germany
A group of pro-Erdoğan Turkish Islamists came together in the city of Duisburg, Germany and protested the schools operated and inter-cultural dialogue activities which...
Turkish security guards do not allow women in shorts in İstanbul park
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On the same day that hundreds of women marched in İstanbul to protest violence and animosity due to their clothing, private security guards made...
COMMENTARY — Erdoğan has ruined the lives of 1 million people in Turkey
By Abdullah Bozkurt
The criminal investigations, prosecutions and trials in politically motivated cases on trumped-up terrorism and coup plotting charges have ruined the lives of...
Pro-Erdoğan columnist says US planning to attack Turkey
A staunchly pro-government columnist, Yusuf Kaplan, wrote in his Monday column that the US is planning to attack Turkey, which he argued, would divide...
Survey: 89 pct of Turkish youth sees homosexuals as ‘other’, perceives them as ‘threat’
A study has showed that 89 percent of Turkish youth defines homosexuals as 'other' and perceives them as a 'threat' while 86 percent of them...
Army conscript claims he was beaten for speaking in Kurdish
Çetin Doğan (20), a conscript in the Turkish army, has claimed that he was beaten for speaking in Kurdish during his military service and...
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This report analyzes UN findings on Turkey’s post-2016 counterterrorism measures targeting people with alleged links to the faith-based Gülen movement.
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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...
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Sippenhaft, also known as...
Human Rights in Turkey: 2023 in Review
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The May 2023 re-election of...