Turkey’s Boğaziçi University dismisses its first academic, bringing total to 7,317
Noémi Levy-Aksu, an assistant professor of history at Turkey’s prestigious Boğaziçi University, has been dismissed from her position, the GazeteDuvar.com news website reported on...
Putchist general admits coup involvement, denies Gülen link
Brig. Gen. Gökhan Şahin Sönmezateş, who allegedly ordered a group of soldiers to a hotel in Muğla province where Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan...
Supreme Court of Appeals cancels HDP Co-chair Yüksekdağ’s party membership
Turkey’s Supreme Court of Appeals on Thursday canceled the party membership of Figen Yüksekdağ, co-chair of the pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP), who was...
Detention warrants issued for 84 at defense contractor ASELSAN
The Ankara Chief Prosecutor’s Office on Thursday issued detention warrants for 84 people working at ASELSAN, Turkey’s largest defense electronics company, connected to the...
Turkish diplomatic passport holders seeking asylum in Switzerland
A Swiss daily reported that several Turkish citizens with diplomatic passports have been seeking political asylum in Switzerland following similar reports from other European...
Serial Killer Says He Carried Out People’s Will By ‘Executing’ Gülen Follower
Atalay Filiz, on trial for a series of murders in Turkey, said in his defense that one of his victims was a Gülen movement...
Merkel calls for end to Turkey’s Nazi accusations
German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Thursday urged Turkey to end Nazi accusations against her country amid the most recent tension between two countries over...
Turkey to extend state of emergency until July 20
Turkey's Prime Minister Binali Yıldırım announced on Thursday that a currently ongoing state of emergency will be extended for three more months and remain...
Pro-Kurdish reporter Sur briefly detained by anti-terror police in İzmir airport
Sedat Sur, a reporter of the Fırat News Agency which is affiliated with the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK), has been detained on his arrival...
Gov’t appoints trustee to the municipality of Eğil district of Diyarbakır province
Trustee was appointed in place of Petek Elyesa Çobanoğlu, co-mayor of Eğil district of Diyarbakır province, who was removed from office recently in the...
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Human Rights in Turkey: 2024 in Review
The Stockholm Center for Freedom (SCF) today released its latest report “Human Rights in Turkey: 2024 in Review,” which highlights the most important developments...
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Family Punishment in Turkey: How Erdoğan Uses the Nazi Practice of Sippenhaft
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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...
Pushbacks of Turkish asylum seekers from Greece to Turkey: Violation of the principle of...
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This report focuses on how illegal pushbacks by Greek authorities have devastating consequences on Turkish asylum seekers upon their return to Turkey.
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Turkey’s Transnational Repression: Abuse of asset freezing mechanisms under the pretext of prevention of...
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