Turkish university student detained for wearing ‘hero’ T-shirt, stripped while under police custody
A 24-year-old university student, identified with his initials B.Ö., was taken into police custody where he was stripped half naked, for wearing “hero” T-shirt...
Germany says Turkey sought extradition of 53 people, not 4,500 as Erdoğan claims
While Turkey claimed that they sought the extradition of 4,500 suspects linked to the outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) from Germany, the German Justice...
Erdoğan says Dutch PM can’t look him in the face anymore
Criticizing European countries for attacking Turkey, Turkey's autocratic President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said on Friday Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte cannot look him in...
Turkey’s PACE member Kürkçü forcibly taken to court to testify
Ertuğrul Kürkçü, a member of the Parliamentary Assembly of Council of Europe (PACE) and a deputy of the pro-Kurdish Peoples' Democracy Party (HDP), was...
Turkish police detain one more woman shortly after delivery
B.Ö., a Turkish woman who gave birth on Thursday in the Turkish province of Adana, was detained later the same day over her alleged...
Turkish spy Sayan confesses working for MİT at first hearing in Germany for monitoring...
Mehmet Fatih Sayan, an alleged member of National Intelligence Agency (MİT) of Turkey, has stood trial for alleged plans to assassinate Kurdish politicians in...
Turkey’s Erdoğan says main opposition CHP similar to terrorist groups
Turkey's autocratic President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said on Wednesday that Turkey is unfortunate in that it has an incompetent main opposition party that is...
Turkish government does not allow jailed pro-Kurdish politician to attend his mother’s funeral
Muhsin Kunur, a pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) member and the former mayor of Şırnak’s Silopi district, who has been in prison over terror...
German comedian threatens Merkel with court action over Erdoğan poem
German comedian Jan Böhmermann has threatened German Chancellor Angela Merkel with court action unless she takes back a statement concerning a poem by Böhmermann...
President Erdoğan: Turkey’s destiny tied to AKP’s
Turkey's autocratic President and Chairman of the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has said Turkey’s destiny has become tied to...
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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.
The May 2023 re-election of...