Gag order imposed on news reports about embassy official allegedly involved in drug trafficking:...
A court in the western Turkish province of Edirne has imposed a gag order on news reports about Veysel Filiz, a former employee of...
Interior Ministry to pay TL707,000 compensation to Gezi victim’s family
An Eskişehir court has convicted Turkey’s Interior Ministry to pay a compensation of TL707,000 to the family of Ali İsmail Korkmaz, who was killed...
Turkey’s main opposition says Erdoğan is trying to retain power by removing alternatives, vows...
Turkey’s main opposition party on Tuesday accused President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan of trying to hold on to power by eliminating political alternatives, Turkish Minute...
Turkey to revoke citizenship of 130 abroad including Gülen, HDP deputies
Turkey’s Interior Ministry has released a list of 130 people who are currently abroad including Turkish-Islamic scholar Fethullah Gülen and two deputies from the...
Turks defend nature against Erdoğan’s development push
Lush, thick woodland and green tea fields coat the slopes of an idyllic valley, a slice of pastoral heaven near the Turkish president’s familial...
8 face prison over video allegedly mocking police during İstanbul attack
Turkish prosecutors are seeking prison sentences of up to five years for eight people accused of insulting police officers during a deadly attack outside the Israeli...
Turkish gov’t issues detention warrants for 68 military officers over alleged Gülen links
The Ankara Chief Public Prosecutor’s Office on Monday issued detention warrants for 68 military officers, including 22 colonels and 27 lieutenant colonels, over their alleged...
ECtHR ruling will empower Turkish judges who insist on abiding by the law, Kavala...
Businessman and philanthropist Osman Kavala has commented on a recent judgment by the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) that said Turkey had failed...
Turkish TV Producer Mehmet Semiz faces 22-year in jail over cancelling Cable TV subscription
A young journalist who is the producer and presenter of a culture program on a national TV in Turkey has been behind bars for...
Pro-Kurdish party drops acronym HEDEP, adopts abbreviation DEM
The Peoples’ Equality and Democracy Party dropped its acronym, HEDEP, and adopted the abbreviation “DEM” after Turkey’s Supreme Court of Appeals last month refused...
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This report analyzes UN findings on Turkey’s post-2016 counterterrorism measures targeting people with alleged links to the faith-based Gülen movement.
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Human Rights in Turkey: 2024 in Review
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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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The May 2023 re-election of...