New report details role of Erdoğan’s troll army in Turkey’s democratic backsliding
A report by a newly established Washington, D.C., think tank revealed how Turkey’s ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) established and used an army...
Critical German-Turkish politician to attend Erdoğan state dinner to send ‘signal’
Germany's Opposition Green party politician Cem Özdemir, who is of Turkish descent and has repeatedly slammed Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s policies, is to...
Corruption is entrenched in presidential system in Turkey, opposition leader says
Former Turkish prime minister and current leader of the opposition Future Party (GP) Ahmet Davutoğlu has sharply criticized the country’s presidential system of governance,...
Sweden jails Turkish citizen over attempted ‘terrorist financing’ for PKK
A Swedish court on Thursday found a Turkish citizen guilty of “attempted terrorist financing” for the outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK), a first in...
Academic deported by Malaysia in 2017 deprived of medication in prison
İsmet Özçelik, 60, a Turkish academic who was deported to Turkey by the Malaysian government in 2017 due to alleged links to the Gülen...
English PEN urges Turkey to drop charges against publisher Ragıp Zarakolu
English PEN, the founding center of a global literary network, has urged Turkish authorities to drop all charges against publisher and human rights activist...
Far-right leader sentenced to more than 2 years, released after 148 days in pretrial...
Ümit Özdağ, the head of Turkey’s ultranationalist Victory Party, was released due to time served from İstanbul’s Silivri Prison on Monday after being sentenced...
Int’l NGOs concerned by UN’s failure to extend cross-border mechanism in northwest Syria
International and local humanitarian organizations operating in Syria have expressed concern about the failure of the UN Security Council to extend the authorization of...
Large majority of Turks against accepting more refugees, poll suggests
More than 90 percent of Turks are against accepting more refugees amid a new and growing wave of Afghan migrants arriving in the country,...
Gunman who assaulted Turkish journalist sentenced to 10 months in prison
The Turkish court overseeing the case of an armed assault against journalist Can Dündar has sentenced Murat Şahin, one of three suspects in the...
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This report highlights the most important developments in the area of human rights in Turkey in 2025, a year marked by continued democratic...
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Family Punishment in Turkey: How Erdoğan Uses the Nazi Practice of Sippenhaft
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Sippenhaft, also known as...
Human Rights in Turkey: 2023 in Review
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