Children working on farms in Turkey’s Southeast instead of going to school
Thousands of children of farm laborers are working the fields in the Siverek district of southeastern Şanlıurfa province picking cotton instead of going to...
Turkish draft law risks criminalizing LGBTI people, Amnesty warns
Amnesty International on Thursday called on the Turkish government to withdraw a draft law that would introduce prison sentences for LGBTI people and their...
Turkey’s top court refuses to annul transfer of Khashoggi murder trial to Saudi Arabia
Turkey’s Constitutional Court has ruled that a decision by an İstanbul court to transfer to Saudi Arabia of the trial in absentia of suspects...
22 killed as truck carrying migrants crashes in western Turkey
Twenty-two people, including children, were killed when a truck carrying migrants crashed in the western Turkish province of İzmir on Sunday, Turkey's state-run Anadolu...
Five pilots who bombed Turkey’s coup base on July 15 arrested over coup charges
Five pilots who bombed the Akıncı Air Base in Ankara to halt the controversial coup attempt on the night of July 15, 2016, were...
CHP deputy: Turkish Justice Minister doesn’t know number of jailed journalists
Turkey's main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) deputy Atila Sertel has said Turkish Justice Minister Abdulhamit Gül was unable to provide the number of...
Turkey’s extradition requests to Finland tied to ‘witch hunt’ targeting Gülen movement followers, experts...
Turkey’s growing number of extradition requests to Finland is part of a “witch hunt” targeting alleged members of the Gülen movement and government critics,...
Turkish court sentences 9 defendants in 2015 ISIL attack trial to life in prison
A Turkish court in Ankara on Friday handed down 101 life sentences without the chance of parole to each of nine suspects in a...
Demand for VPNs up 99 pct in Turkey in 2023: report
The demand for virtual private networks (VPNs) saw an increase of 99 percent in Turkey in 2023, Free Web Turkey reported, citing a study...
Turkish court arrests 2 Kurdish youths for drawing Demirtaş’s electric kettle on walls
Two young men who drew pictures of electric kettles and wrote the name of the pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) on walls in İstanbul’s...
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This report examines how the sweeping measures introduced in Turkey following the coup attempt of July 15, 2016 evolved over the next decade...
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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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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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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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Sippenhaft, also known as...