Turkish gov’t closes 116 media outlets under state of emergency
Turkish Deputy Prime Minister Hakan Çavuşoğlu announced that a total of 116 media outlets have been closed by government decrees under an ongoing state...
Refugees in Turkey’s Aegean region suffered 2,980 rights violations in first quarter of 2021:...
Refugees living in the Aegean region of Turkey suffered 2,980 rights violations in the first four months of 2021, the Mezopotamya news agency reported,...
Turkish prosecutor claims 9-year-old girl ‘failed to react’ to abuse
A prosecutor in the Mediterranean province of Antalya has demanded the acquittal of a suspect in a sexual abuse case involving a 9-year-old girl,...
Turkish journalist: Gülen followers should be forced to commit suicide
Pro-government Turkish journalist and writer Fazıl Duygun has called on authorities to force people jailed over alleged links to the Gülen movement to commit...
Turkey’s Transnational Repression: 2024 in Review
Turkey’s efforts at transnational repression against critics abroad did not wind down in 2024. The Turkish government continued to relentlessly pursue anyone with alleged...
Rights advocates slam journalists for claiming ‘systematic torture no longer exists in Turkey’
Two Turkish journalists who are critical of the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) have come under fire for arguing that “systematic torture no...
213 face detention in separate investigations over Gülen links
Turkish prosecutors have issued detention warrants for 213 people in separate investigations based in Ankara and İzmir on allegations of links to the Gülen...
Turkish gov’t arrests mother of a baby with congenital heart defect on coup charges
A social media user with the username “@sercancan32151” on Tuesday took to Twitter to say that the woman in the photo above has recently...
Amnesty calls on Turkey to release human rights defenders on 100th day anniversary in...
Amnesty International (AI) on Wednesday called on the Turkish government for the immediate and unconditional release of 11 prominent human rights defenders, including its...
Freedom House: One year after the coup attempt, Turkey is more fragile than ever
The US-based independent freedom watchdog organization Freedom House said on Friday that Turkish society is more fragile than ever and has no clarity on...
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