Turkish miners remain underground on 26th day of unpaid wage protest
A group of 24 miners in northwestern Turkey remained underground Monday on the 26th day of a protest over unpaid wages, overtime and severance...
Purge victim loses battle with cancer after belated diagnosis
Yusuf Uzun, 36, an accounting teacher who was dismissed from his job in a post-coup purge, lost his battle with cancer after his release...
Former Supreme Court of Appeals judge tortured and mistreated in prison
Nalan Dilara Uğur, daughter of former Supreme Court of Appeals judge Hüsamettin Uğur, has claimed in a series of tweets that her father was...
Evrensel daily editor-in-chief investigated for insulting Erdoğan in article
The Evrensel newspaper’s editor-in-chief Fatih Polat said on Thursday he is under investigation on allegations of insulting Turkey's autocratic President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan in...
Turkish authorities detain 6 female students a second time for links to Gülen movement
Turkish authorities on Wednesday once again detained six female students for alleged links to the Gülen movement shortly after they were released from detention...
Kurdish media reports that Yezidis in Afrin afraid of a genocide by Turkish military
Members of the Yezidi (Ezidi) community in the Kurdish-run enclave of Afrin of northwest Syria told the news outlet Kurdistan24 on Saturday that they are concerned...
Report shows at least 1,021 women murdered in Turkey since 2016
A report drafted by the main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) shows that at least 1,021 women were murdered in Turkey between Jan. 1,...
Erdoğan appoints celebrity theologian as YÖK member
Turkey's autocratic President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has appointed Professor Nihat Hatipoğlu, a celebrity pro-government theologian who frequently appears on TV shows and is treated...
Armenians, Syrian refugees and Greeks top list of groups targeted by Turkish media in...
Armenians, Syrian refugees in Turkey and Greeks are at the top of the list of groups targeted with hate speech by the Turkish media...
6.4 earthquake jolts southern Turkish province of Hatay
A magnitude-6.4 earthquake hit the southern Turkish province of Hatay on Monday evening, two weeks after the city was struck by two powerful earthquakes...
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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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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...