Lawyers call journalist’s arrest ‘disproportionate’ to the charges filed against him
The lawyers for a journalist who was arrested last week due to one of his reports have objected to his arrest on the grounds...
PEN delegation not allowed to show solidarity with jailed authors in front of Silivri...
A large delegation of PEN International members was stopped on their way to Silivri Prison on Thursday where they wanted to deliver a message...
Giving birth at Gülen-linked Turkish hospital cited as reason for termination from job
Workers who were fired from their jobs at İzmir’s Ege University lost their jobs because they had a baby or received medical treatment at...
2.3 million irregular migrants denied entry, 283,000 deported since 2016, Turkish interior minister says
A total of 2.327 million irregular migrants have been denied entry at Turkey’s eastern and southern borders, and 283,790 have been deported since 2016,...
Pro-Kurdish HDP deputy Baluken faces up to 47 years in jail on terror charges
An indictment prepared by a Diyarbakır prosecutor seeks a jail sentence of between 11 and 47 years for pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) deputy...
Disabled and chronically ill have difficulty buying basic healthcare products amid soaring prices
Disabled and sick people in Turkey are having difficulty affording basic medicine and healthcare products due to increasing prices and ineffective government policies, Independent...
Turkish court bars HDP deputy Yıldırım from politics and sentences to prison
The pro-Kurdish Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) Parliamentary Group Deputy Chair Ahmet Yıldırım has been sentenced to 1 year and 2 months in prison by...
Main opposition seeks annulment of jailed MP’s expulsion from parliament at top court
Turkey’s main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) has petitioned the Constitutional Court to declare null and void the stripping of a jailed lawyer who...
Turkey jails 3 more journalists on terrorism charges
Despite calls from international media organizations to release jailed journalists in Turkey, three more Turkish journalists have been arrested and jailed on charges of...
Austrian FM Kurz says Turkey’s Erdoğan acts like a dictator
Austrian Foreign Minister Sebastian Kurz said Turkey's autocratic President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has been acting like a dictator, Deutsche Welle reported on Wednesday.
Speaking to...
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Weaponized Diplomacy: How Erdoğan Uses Turkish Missions for Transnational Repression
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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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This report focuses on how the Turkish government, under President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, has used family punishment against his opponents.
Sippenhaft, also known as...
Human Rights in Turkey: 2023 in Review
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This report highlights the most important developments in the area of human rights in Turkey during the year 2023.
The May 2023 re-election of...