Turkish gov’t detains 23 people in Çorum over alleged links to Gülen movement
Turkish police have detained 23 people in a Çorum on accusations that they use a smart phone application known as ByLock on Monday following...
Jailed writers denied access to own books under Turkey’s emergency rule
Jailed writers Kerem Bilen and Fırat Can were denied by Turkish authorities to access to the books they wrote in prison due to post-coup emergency...
Nearly 9 in 10 retirees in Turkey remain below hunger threshold despite pension hike
Nearly nine in 10 retirees in Turkey earn less than the country’s official hunger threshold despite a recent increase in the minimum pension, the...
PURGE IN LAST 15 DAYS: 1257 detained, 264 jailed in Turkey over coup charges
A massive post-coup witch hunt campaign conducted by political Islamist AKP government to cleanse of Turkey’s state and other institutions has been continuing as...
Pro-Erdoğan columnist: Authorities should use child to make suspect father talk
Following the capture on Monday night of the suspected gunman who last week massacred 39 people at İstanbul’s Reina nightclub, a pro-government columnist, Cemil...
Erdoğan files lawsuit against opposition MP for calling him ‘top Gülen member’
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has filed a lawsuit against a main opposition party politician who recently referred to him as the top member...
Top suspect in Turkey’s coup attempt says he and Gen. Öztürk came to Akıncı...
Maj. Gen. Mehmet Dişli, one of the key suspects in a trial concerning a controversial coup attempt in Turkey last year and brother of...
Erdoğan calls US indictment of former Turkish minister ‘political’
Turkey's autocratic President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on Friday criticized the indictment by a US attorney’s office of former Turkish Economy Minister Mehmet Zafer Çağlayan...
Germany rejected Turkey’s request to hand over writer critical of Erdoğan government
Germany rejected Turkey’s request to hand over a writer critical of the government of President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, Nordic Monitor reported, citing an official...
Top Greek court rules for extradition of Erdoğan foe to Turkey
The top appeals court of Greece has rejected an appeal filed by a Turkish businessman, a political enemy of President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, against...
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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...