Freedom from Torture: Media coverage of tortured detainees condoned to silence dissidents in Turkey
Media coverage of detainees with signs of beatings indicate that torture and ill-treatment are officially being condoned to silence and prevent dissent, a recent...
Erdoğan confronts polarised Turkey after historic election win
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on Monday confronted the tough task of uniting his deeply divided country after winning a historic runoff election to...
Turkish court keeps journalist in pretrial detention over alleged terrorist group membership
A Turkish court on Tuesday kept journalist Nadiye Gürbüz in jail after spending more than seven months in pretrial detention, citing witnesses who have...
ITUC reiterates its call for boycott ILO meeting in İstanbul on October 2-5
International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC) has reiterated its call for members to boycott International Labor Organization's (ILO) 10th European Regional Meeting in İstanbul in October...
Osman Kavala, Mücella Yapıcı face life sentences in new Gezi Park trial
A Turkish prosecutor is demanding aggravated life sentences for businessman and philanthropist Osman Kavala and architect Mücella Yapıcı on charges of “attempting to destroy...
Pro-Erdoğan journalist, husband file complaint against 33 politicians, journalists on terror allegations
A journalist close to Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and her husband have filed a criminal complaint against 33 people, including opposition politicians and...
Third CHP mayor in İstanbul arrested, removed from office
Turkey’s Interior Ministry has removed another opposition party mayor in İstanbul from office following his arrest as part of a bid-rigging investigation, Turkish Minute...
Turkey considers switch to electronic voting system amid concerns over election security
Turkey’s Supreme Election Council (YSK) President Ahmet Yener has reportedly announced that preparations for adopting an electronic voting system are complete, while concerns mount...
10.5-year jail sentence sought for Cumhuriyet editor due to news headline
A prosecutor is seeking a jail sentence of up to 10.5 years for Cumhuriyet daily’s website editor Oğuz Güven, who has been behind bars...
EP’s Harms calls on EU to grant political asylum to Turkey purge victims
Rebecca Harms, spokeswoman for foreign affairs and expert on Turkey in the European Parliament’s Greens/EFA group, on Monday called on the European Union to...
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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...
UN Findings on Turkey’s Crackdown on the Gülen Movement: Widespread and Systematic Rights Violations...
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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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This report focuses on how the Turkish government, under President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, has used family punishment against his opponents.
Sippenhaft, also known as...