Turkey trails all EU countries on living standards measure
Turkey ranked below every European Union country on a key measure meant to reflect household living standards, according to new data released by the Turkish Statistical...
Turkey arrests Kurdish journalist on terrorism charges
A court in southeastern Turkey has ruled for the arrest of journalist Selamet Turan, who was detained last week, the Mezopotamya news agency reported...
Delivery workers at Turkey’s popular e-commerce platforms stage protests for higher wages
Delivery workers from Turkey’s popular e-commerce platforms, including the country’s first and biggest online food delivery website Yemeksepeti, have begun to hold protests over...
Turkish online news editor faces up to 15 years for reporting on gov’t whistleblower
A Turkish prosecutor has drafted an indictment for Doğan Akın, the editor and founder of the T24 news website, for his reporting on a...
Epstein documents cite claims of minors brought from Turkey
Court documents released by the US Justice Department in the Jeffrey Epstein case include an unverified allegation that minors may have been transported from Turkey as...
Syrian activist critical of Turkey’s treatment of refugees among arrestees charged with espionage
Ahmed Katie, a Syrian human rights activist who went missing in November after his outspoken criticism of Turkey’s worsening treatment of refugees, is among...
Families complain of arbitrary restriction on drinking water in Istanbul’s Silivri Prison
Families of inmates in Istanbul's Silivri Prison, notorious for its high number of political prisoners, complained yesterday on Twitter that inmates' drinking water was...
Turkish justice system fails to release purge victim diagnosed with stage 4 cancer
Abdülazim Özdemir, a 49-year-old engineer who was purged from his job at the Ministry of Development in the aftermath of a failed coup in...
Chronically ill rights advocate sent back to prison after hospital treatment
Hatice Onaran, a disabled human rights defender undergoing cancer treatment, was sent back to prison twice after being hospitalized on two consecutive days, despite...
Rights defender reveals memo barring Turkey’s purge victims from public buildings
Opposition MP and leading human rights advocate Ömer Faruk Gergerlioğlu has won his legal battle to obtain a 2016 classified memo in which a...
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This report examines how the sweeping measures introduced in Turkey following the coup attempt of July 15, 2016 evolved over the next decade...
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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.
Drawing on opinions of...
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The Forgotten Victims: Children of Turkey’s Post-Coup Purge
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This report examines how children from families targeted in Turkey’s unprecedented post-coup purge have endured the devastating consequences of persecution, social exclusion and...
Human Rights in Turkey: 2024 in Review
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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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Sippenhaft, also known as...