Syrian refugees flock to border to flee Turkey earthquake wreckage
Syrian refugees living in Turkey sought to get back to their war-torn country on Friday after swaths of their adopted home were destroyed by...
Prestigious Foreign Affairs journal covers Turkish gov’t’s witch hunt on global sphere
Turkish government has used its international clout to pursue exiles, dissidents, and regular citizens abroad and have Turkish citizens arrested in or deported from...
Jailed journalist Usluer given forced haircut in Turkish prison
Wardens at İstanbul’s notorious Silivri Prison reportedly forced Oğuz Usluer, a former news coordinator at HaberTürk TV, who has been behind bars since Dec....
Court arrests 6 students for handing out invitations to Suruç massacre commemoration
A Turkish court has arrested six university students for handing out invitations to a ceremony commemorating the victims of an Islamic State in Iraq and...
Turkey detains 209 people ahead of NATO summit in sweeping operations
Turkish authorities on Tuesday detained 209 people in early morning raids as part of a sweeping operation targeting 241 people ahead of a NATO...
More than 30,000 children sexually abused in Turkey in 2022
Turkish Statistical Institute (TurkStat) data have revealed that a total of 31,890 children were victims of sexual offenses in the country last year, the...
Turkish lawyer who went to police station to defend client in custody detained over...
A lawyer who went to a police department to defend another lawyer in police custody in Tokat province was detained by police the same...
Amnesty urges Turkey to end judicial crackdown on main opposition CHP
Amnesty International on Tuesday urged Turkish authorities to end a crackdown on the main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP), describing an appeals court decision...
A boom in foreign language high school graduates in Turkey who opt to study...
Graduates of foreign language high schools in Turkey chose to study at universities abroad for their higher education this year following the massive purges...
CPJ calls on Turkey to investigate attacks on journalists during recent elections and treat...
The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) has called on Turkish authorities to investigate multiple incidents of journalists being attacked or obstructed from reporting during the country’s...
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Turkey’s Post-Coup Crackdown, 10 Years On: A Decade’s Legacy
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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.
Drawing on opinions of...
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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...