Austria calls for EU-wide ban on Turkish referendum campaigning
Austrian Chancellor Christian Kern on Sunday called for a European Union-wide ban on campaign appearances by Turkish politicians to avoid having individual member countries...
CHP deputy says cases of naked body search increase in Turkish prisons
Main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) deputy Barış Yarkadaş has claimed that cases of naked body search are increasing in Turkey’s prisons as he...
Woman detained while trying to escape Turkey witch hunt in hidden compartment
A Turkish woman identified by the initials H.T.K. was detained in Artvin province while she was allegedly attempting to flee to Georgia, on Feb....
İstanbul’s Kültür University cancels CHP deputies’ program
Kültür University in İstanbul has cancelled a program that was to have been participated in by main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) deputies and...
Owner of closed Kurdish daily and 24 people detained in Diyarbakır
A total of 25 people, including Ramazan Ölçen, owner of the pro-Kurdish daily Azadiya Welat, have been detained by Turkish police in simultaneous raids...
Germany says Erdoğan’s spying allegation against journalist absurd
After Turkey's autocratic President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan called German daily Die Welt’s Turkey reporter Deniz Yücel a “German agent” who hid in the German...
US Human Rights Report: Tens of thousands jailed in Turkey with little clarity on...
The 2016 Country Reports on Human Rights Practices — the Human Rights Reports — released by the US State Department on Friday said that...
İstanbul court arrests lawyer of Fethullah Gülen
A court in İstanbul ruled on Friday for the arrest of Orhan Erdemli, a lawyer representing US-based Turkish scholar Fethullah Gülen, who is accused...
Dutch gov’t says Turkish FM’s referendum campaign in Netherlands ‘undesirable’
Amid strained ties between Turkey and Germany over the cancellation of two Turkish ministers’ rallies, the Dutch government also announced on Friday that Turkish...
Erdoğanist hitman threatens journalist Ataklı: You will be finished within 5 minutes
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GgUApRlziIk
Cem Küçük, a controversial columnist with the pro-government Star daily who is known for his social media attacks on government critics, also as a...
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Women’s Rights in Turkey: 2021 in Review
The year 2021 witnessed an increase in rights violations against women in Turkey, with rising numbers of femicide cases and the March 10 withdrawal...
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The Stockholm Center for Freedom (SCF) on Thursday released its latest report, “Turkey’s Transnational Repression: Abduction, Rendition and Forcible Return of Erdoğan Critics,”...
Turkey’s Abuse of INTERPOL: How Erdoğan Weaponized the International Criminal Police Organization for Transnational...
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This report focuses on how the Turkish government, under President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, has abused INTERPOL in a number of ways.
The Erdoğan government has...
Left Behind to Die: COVID-19 in Turkish Prisons and Discrimination Against Political Prisoners
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This report focuses on amendments made to the Law on the Execution of Sentences and Security Measures in order to decrease Turkey’s prison...
Turkey’s Judicial Council: Guarantor or Annihilator of Judicial Independence
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This report focuses on Turkey’s top judicial administrative body (HSK, previously HSYK) and the country’s judicial architecture. It provides an assessment of the...
Human rights in Turkey: 2020 in review
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This report highlights the most important developments in the area of human rights in Turkey during the year 2020. Rising pressure on the...
Erdogan’s Long Arm: The Case of Senegal
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Turkey has expanded its witch hunt against critics to the West African nation of Senegal, specifically targeting members of the Gülen movement, using...