58 passengers denied flights from Istanbul to US in four days
58 people have been unable to depart from Istanbul’s Atatürk Airport over the last four days due to U.S. President Donald Trump’s executive order prohibiting immigrants...
Official documents reveal illegal profiling of alleged Gülen movement followers
Official documents shared on Twitter by a former prosecutor showed how Ministry of Health bureaucrats profiled alleged followers of the faith-based Gülen movement in...
Turkey detains 10 in Gülen probe, citing Signal activity
Turkish police on Tuesday detained 10 people accused of links to the faith-based Gülen movement in an investigation by Ankara prosecutors into alleged activity...
Growing number of Turkish youths not in education, employment or training, new report finds
A growing number of young people in Turkey are disengaging from both work and education, according to a new report that warns of long-term...
Longtime gov’t critic Sözcü newspaper slapped with $1.8 million tax fine for 2018: report
Turkish opposition newspaper Sözcü was levied a tax fine of TL 14.5 million ($1.8 million) for the year 2018 over what the paper on...
Turkish comedian faces up to 3 years in prison over joke about Ottoman sultan
Turkish prosecutors have filed an indictment seeking up to three years in prison for stand-up comedian Tuba Ulu over a joke she made about...
Turkish gov’t detains dozens on Monday over their alleged links to Gülen movement
Turkish government has detained dozens of people on Monday over their alleged links to the Gülen movement as part of its massive post-coup witch...
Journalists, politicians protest in Berlin after attack on exiled Turkish journalist
Dozens of journalists and politicians protested in Berlin on Friday against a recent attack on Erk Acarer, a Turkish journalist critical of President Recep...
Journalist arrested while attempting to flee Turkey to serve remaining sentence
A journalist who was trying to flee Turkey has been sent back to prison after an appeals court upheld a sentence on conviction of...
Turkey to launch retrial of teacher following landmark ECtHR judgment
A Turkish court is scheduled to begin the retrial of Yüksel Yalçınkaya, a teacher whose conviction of Gülen movement affiliation was found by the...
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Turkey’s Post-Coup Crackdown, 10 Years On: A Decade’s Legacy
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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...
UN Findings on Turkey’s Crackdown on the Gülen Movement: Widespread and Systematic Rights Violations...
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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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The Forgotten Victims: Children of Turkey’s Post-Coup Purge
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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...