Turkish policemen batter two women who sought help from them in İzmir province
Two police officers allegedly battered two victimized women who were seeking for help from them over a harassment incident in Turkey's Aegean province of...
Turkish author Perihan Mağden: I feel like a Jew in Nazi Germany
Renowned Turkish author Perihan Mağden has assessed the anti-democratic practices and increasing pressures in Turkey and described the current period in Turkey by comparing...
Report details how Erdoğan’s Turkey institutionalized hate speech against Gülen movement
A new report by the Netherlands-based human rights group Stichting Justice Square reveals how the Turkish government under President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan institutionalized hate...
Jailed Kurdish children speak of torture by Turkish security forces in Nusaybin
The torture claims have marked the trial of 17 Kurdish children, who were arrested by Turkish security forces in Mardin's Nusaybin district during the...
Mass torture in Turkey under the spell of nationalism and religious zealotry
The torture, ill-treatment, abusive, inhuman and degrading treatment of people who are deprived of their liberties in Turkey’s detention centers and prisons have become...
Opposition MP to file complaint over hate speech targeting Armenians in street interview
An opposition lawmaker has announced that he will file a complaint against a woman who said in a street interview conducted in Turkey that...
In a letter, a jailed woman reveals abuse and ill-treatment in Turkish prison
A letter by a jailed Turkish woman who wrote to her aunt from Konya prison revealed the ill-treatment of detainees who were subjected to...
Turkish police suggested to use ‘German model’ to identify sympathisers of Gülen movement
The Turkish National Police Academy has published a new report that offers a comprehensive road map to fight against the alleged members of the Gülen...
Pro-gov’t Turkish satire magazine deletes provocative cartoon upon public outcry
Pro-government Turkish satirical magazine Misvak has removed a cartoon depicting Turkish autocratic President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and his ultranationalist ally Nationalist Movement Party (MHP)...
Turkey’s Erdoğan threatens opposition leader Kılıçdaroğlu with ‘documents’ about himself
Turkey's autocratic President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on Sunday continued targeting main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) leader Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu, hinting that he should be...
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Human Rights in Turkey: 2023 in Review
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