Turkey detains 24 people over alleged Gülen links
Twenty-four people across Turkey have been detained by the police for alleged links to the Gülen movement, a faith-based group accused by the government...
Jailed former cadet hospitalized after fainting in prison
Nagihan Yavuz, a former cadet serving a life sentence in İstanbul, was hospitalized on Wednesday after fainting in her ward, the Kronos news website...
Merkel says Germany needs more evidence on Gülen movement to call it ‘terrorist organization’
German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Friday said Germany is carefully investigating Turkey’s arguments regarding the Gülen movement but that they need more evidence, Sputnik’s...
Kurdish journalist Kaya put behind bars by Turkish gov’t over alleged terror propaganda
Kurdish journalist Abdullah Kaya, a reporter for pro-Kurdish Dicle news agency (DİHA) that was shut down with a government decree, was put behind the...
Under gov’t pressure, Galatasaray expels football stars Hakan Şükür and Arif Erdem
As a result of pressure from the government to review yesterday’s vote not to expel renowned soccer player Hakan Şükür and Arif Erdem due...
Turkish gov’t detained 575 people in one week over alleged links to Gülen movement
The Turkish Interior Ministry announced on Monday that 575 people have been detained in one week due to alleged links to the Gülen movement. The...
Turkey recorded 709 prison deaths in 2024
Turkey recorded 709 deaths in prison in the first 11 months of 2024, according to data from the Ministry of Justice shared in response...
10 million children in Turkey living in poverty: report
Nearly 10 million children in Turkey are living in poverty, according to a child poverty report released by The Economic Policy Research Foundation of Turkey (TEPAV).
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Turkish journalist in exile subjected to harassment due to Erdoğan’s Nazi remarks
A Turkish journalist who fled an ongoing witch-hunt in Turkey against critical journalists and took refuge in Germany in the aftermath of a failed...
Inmate dies from COVID-19 at İstanbul’s Silivri Prison: statement
The İstanbul Bakırköy Chief Public Prosecutor’s Office on Friday announced the death of an inmate at Silivri Prison from COVID-19, adding that the number...
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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
This report focuses on the inflammatory rhetoric and illegal acts motivated by prejudice faced by refugees who fled the civil war in Syria to...
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...