Turkey detains 74 over Gülen links on anniversary of coup attempt: minister
Turkish police on Monday detained 74 people across 27 provinces over their alleged links to the faith-based Gülen movement, Interior Minister Ali Yerlikaya announced...
Court decisions lift trustee orders on 643 companies confiscated following coup attempt
Turkish courts have overturned trustee appointments for 643 companies that were seized by the Justice and Development Party (AKP) government over their alleged links...
Former teacher jailed over Gülen links with baby
Mine Işıktaş, a former teacher who was sentenced to more than six years in prison over links to the faith-based Gülen movement based on...
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.
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Parliamentary committee ignores case of 17-year-old Syrian mistreated and sentenced to aggravated life in...
The Turkish parliament’s Committee for the Inspection of Human Rights has failed to review the situation of Zaim Hişman Ali, a 17-year-old from Syria...
Journalist imprisoned for filming police checkpoint awarded damages
A court in Turkey has ordered the state to pay TL 25,000 ($755) in damages to Sibel Tekin, a documentary filmmaker and journalist who...
A former Turkish justice minister got €400K in bribes to help me get out...
A former justice minister of Turkey received €400,000 in bribes to help an inmate secure early release from prison, wiretaps of the convict’s phone...
Turkey has investigated more than 700K people over Gülen links since failed coup: minister
Turkish Justice Minister Yılmaz Tunç has revealed the details of an ongoing crackdown on followers of the faith-based Gülen movement since a failed coup...
Landmark ECtHR decision demands immediate action in ongoing, finalized Gülen trials: MP
Mustafa Yeneroğlu, a lawmaker from the opposition Democracy and Progress Party (DEVA), on Thursday said Turkey must implement in all ongoing and finalized trials a...
Over 40 CSOs point to systematic torture practices, impunity in Turkey for UN review
More than 40 civil society organizations (CSOs) have submitted reports to the United Nations Committee Against Torture (CAT) detailing systematic torture practices, enforced disappearances,...
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