88-year-old man jailed on Gülen charges dies in prison after denied release
Adem Cirit, an 88-year-old inmate convicted of alleged links to the faith-based Gülen movement, died in a Turkish prison last Wednesday despite appeals for...
76-year-old man convicted for speaking Kurdish dies in prison
Ali Boçnak (76), who was detained in 2009 for conducting a religious ceremony in his mother tongue of Kurdish, has passed away in prison,...
German court releases MİT agent Sayan with 2-year judicial probation
A German court in Hamburg has decided on Wednesday to release Mehmet Fatih Sayan, who gathered information for Turkish National Intelligence Organisation (MİT) on Turkish...
Turkish gov’t issues detention warrants for 70 teachers and more over alleged links to...
Turkish government has issued detention warrants for 70 teachers on Friday as part of its massive post-coup witch hunt campaign targeting the alleged members...
Turkish judiciary transformed into tool of political control under Erdoğan: report
Turkey’s judiciary has been transformed into a tool of political control under President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, weakening checks and balances and enabling the suppression...
Sweden refuses to extradite 4 people on Turkey’s list, including a former police chief
The Swedish government has decided to reject Turkey's request for the extradition of four Turkish citizens, including former police chief Murat Çetiner, Swedish public...
Tortured and raped in Turkey, asylum seeker denied protection by US judge with low...
A Turkish asylum seeker who says he was tortured and raped in his home country was recently denied protection in the United States by...
Turkey detains 103 in operations targeting alleged Gülen followers
A total of 103 people have been detained over the past week in police operations that targeted alleged followers of the faith-based Gülen movement,...
Turkish Minister Kaya sues the Netherlands over her forced expulsion
Turkish Minister of Family and Social Policy Fatma Betül Sayan Kaya, who lived a brawl with the Dutch police in Rotterdam on March 11, 2016,...
Turkish prosecutors issue 228 warrants, police detain 166 in one day over Gülen links
Turkish prosecutors on Tuesday issued detention warrants for 228 people countrywide, 166 of whom were detained, as part of a post-coup crackdown targeting followers...
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The Forgotten Victims: Children of Turkey’s Post-Coup Purge
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Human Rights in Turkey: 2024 in Review
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Throughout the year Turkey continued...
Dehumanizing a Legacy: How Fethullah Gülen’s Death Triggered a Campaign of Hate Speech in...
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Sippenhaft, also known as...