36-year-old woman with a rare genetic disorder held in prison for 6 months on...
Seynur Özdemir, a 36-year-old Turkish woman who suffers from Gardner’s Syndrome, a rare genetic disorder, has been held in a Turkish prison for over...
Turkey’s state-run news agency cancels subscription services of gov’t-critical daily
Turkey’s state-run Anadolu news agency has canceled subscription services paid for by the Sözcü daily, a newspaper that is critical of the government, after...
Turkish intelligence agency MIT got away with illegal wiretapping of prominent journalist
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A panel of judges acquitted Turkey’s National Intelligence Organization (MIT) of falsifying documents in order to illegally wiretap the telephone of Turkish journalist,...
119 people in Turkey died due to crackdown on Gülen movement in 2019
At least 119 people lost their lives in Turkey due to an ongoing government-led crackdown on the Gülen movement, which is accused by the...
Turkey removed 32 Kurdish mayors in 2019: report
Turkey’s Interior Ministry appointed trustees to replace 32 elected Kurdish mayors in 2019, the Mezopotamya news agency reported on Wednesday, citing a report drafted...
Albania deports Gülen follower at Turkey’s request despite court rejection of extradition
Albanian authorities on Wednesday deported Harun Çelik, a Turkish teacher at a school affiliated with the faith-based Gülen movement in Albania, to Turkey despite...
At least 474 women murdered in Turkey in 2019: report
At least 474 women were murdered in Turkey in 2019, according to a report released by the We Will Stop Femicide Platform.
The platform, which...
Insurer refuses to pay for damage to car because claimant was purged from state...
A Turkish insurance company has rejected a claim for damages sustained in an accident by one of its insureds on the grounds that the...
Turkish court convicts 6 journalists from gov’t-critical daily over Gülen links
A Turkish court on Friday convicted six journalists and one other employee of a government-critical newspaper of aiding the network of a US-based cleric...
Newly launched book tells stories of purge victims after Turkey’s July 15 coup
A recently published book tells the stories of people who, following a military coup attempt in Turkey on July 15, 2016, were victims of...
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Erdogan’s Long Arm: The Case of Senegal
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Turkey has expanded its witch hunt against critics to the West African nation of Senegal, specifically targeting...
Clampdown on foreign journalists in Turkey
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Turkey, the most notorious country in the world in terms of jailing journalists, with 237 currently behind bars, has also come after foreign...
Free Thought under Siege in Turkey: the Crackdown on Education
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- Crackdown on education sector in Turkey victimized nearly 100,000 teachers and academics
The crackdown on critical thinking in Turkey with an unprecedented witch...
‘Erdoğan’s Long Arm: The Case of Sweden’
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Turkey has expanded its witch hunt against critics to Sweden, using government institutions, affiliated NGOs and operatives, a report released by the Stockholm Center...
Kurdish political movement under crackdown in Turkey: The case of the HDP
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- New report highlights crackdown on Kurdish political movement in Turkey
The Kurdish political movement has come under intense pressure from the current government...
Erdoğan’s Long Arm: The Case Of Norway
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- Erdoğan’s long arm reaches to Norway, targeting critics of Turkish government
Turkey has escalated its witch hunt persecution on critics to Norway using...
Turkey Cracks Down On Health Care Professionals
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- New research shows Turkey’s purge destroyed lives of 21,000 health care workers
More than 21,000 health care professionals including doctors, nurses, medical professors,...
Tortured to Death: Holding Gökhan Açıkkollu’s Killers To Account
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- A new report uncovers a murder of detained teacher in Turkey due to torture
Deaths in detentions and prisons due to torture, abuse...
Abuse Of The Interpol System By Turkey
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- Turkey weaponised Interpol system to persecute critics, new study exposes
The Turkish government’s blatant abuse of the International Criminal Police Organization (Interpol) to...
Erdoğan’s Rule by Royal Decree: Turkey’s Contempt for The Rule of Law
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- New research decodes how Turkey brands law abiding & peaceful people as terrorists
The authoritarian government of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s open contempt...