Ultra-nationalist Perinçek says Turkey’s judicial system living its golden age
At a time when the Turkish judiciary is under intense criticism for acting on orders from the government, ultra-nationalist Homeland Party (VP) Chairman Doğu...
PEN Int’l and ARTICLE 19 draw attention to deterioration of freedom of expression, human...
International press freedom organizations PEN International and ARTICLE 19 have called the attention of the UN Human Rights Council to the relentless crackdown on...
Turkish gov’t detains 930 people in post-coup witch hunt campaign targeting Gülen movement over...
A total of 930 people were detained across Turkey over the past week as part of Turkish government's massive post-coup witch hunt campaign targeting...
Pro-Erdoğan Turkish cleric calls for extra-judicial mass execution of ‘terrorists’: Do not leave anyone...
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A newly emerged video shows Metin Balkanlıoğlu, a radical Islamist figure within the pro-Erdoğan İsmailağa community, one of Turkey’s biggest religious sects, called on...
Turkish gov’t’s persecution targeting alleged followers of Gülen movement goes on
Turkish government has continued its massive post-coup witch hunt campaign across Turkey targeting the alleged members of the Gülen movement on Tuesday.
Nine teachers were...
Turkey’s Beşiktaş mayor apologizes for Freddie Mercury tweet marking LGBT Pride Week
Murat Hazinedar, mayor of İstanbul’s Beşiktaş district, apologized for a tweet from the municipality’s official account on the occasion of LGBT Pride Week.
In a...
Turkish university withdraws football star Şükür’s honorary doctorate over alleged Gülen ties
The Senate of Turkey’s Çanakkale Onsekiz Mart University has unanimously decided to revoke an honorary doctorate granted to renowned Turkish international soccer player Hakan...
Journalist Gültekin faces 56-month sentence on charges of insulting Turkey’s Erdoğan
An indictment drafted by an İstanbul prosecutor seeks a jail sentence of four years, eight months for journalist Levent Gültekin, an outspoken government critic...
EU committee says changing Turkish Constitution could end up in freezing accession talks
The European Parliament’s Foreign Affairs Committee has recommended freezing Turkey’s EU accession talks if proposed amendments to the country’s constitution that were approved in...
CHP leader calls for acts of civil disobedience to return justice to Turkey
Turkey's main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) leader Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu has said there is need for civil disobedience in addition to the “March for...
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Family Punishment in Turkey: How Erdoğan Uses the Nazi Practice of Sippenhaft
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Human Rights in Turkey: 2023 in Review
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Hate speech and hate crimes against Syrian refugees in Turkey
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Human Rights in Turkey: 2022 in Review
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This report highlights the most important developments in the area of human rights in Turkey during the year 2022. Authoritarianism continued to gain ground...