Opposition mayor among 28 detained in fresh operation targeting an İstanbul district municipality
Turkish police on Friday detained the mayor of İstanbul’s Eyüpsultan district and 27 others in a corruption investigation, a day after 59 people, including...
Rights groups say impunity remains entrenched in Turkey as civil society faces growing pressure
A coalition of Turkish and European rights groups has warned that impunity for human rights violations remains deeply entrenched in Turkey, while civil society...
COMMENTARY — Turkey’s Erdoğan mobilizing China’s Muslims for jihadist campaign
By Abdullah Bozkurt
Turkey’s ill-advised war in Syria’s Afrin enclave has further exposed how the Islamist regime of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and his nationalist...
X account of creator of children’s YouTube channels blocked in Turkey after antisemitic backlash
The X account of a Turkish Jewish creator behind several major children’s YouTube channels has been blocked for users in Turkey following an antisemitic...
Turkish court sentences 16 İTÜ academics to 3-7 years in prison over alleged Gülen...
A Turkish court sentenced 16 academics from the prestigious İstanbul Technical University (İTÜ) to varying prison terms on Friday over their alleged links to the...
Turkey lifts parliamentary immunity of MP from pro-Kurdish party
The Turkish Parliament on Tuesday lifted the parliamentary immunity of a lawmaker from the pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) on terrorism charges, Turkish Minute...
Turkish FM: We’ll take steps in refugee deal if visa liberalization not realized
Turkish Minister of Foreign Affairs Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu said on Tuesday that the government could take steps against a readmission agreement, or refugee deal, between...
Turkey aiming to increase capacity of its prisons to 500,000 by 2024, says ...
The Turkish government is working to increase the capacity of its prisons to 500,000 by 2024, said Ömer Faruk Gergerlioğlu, a human rights defender...
Turkish gov’t transfers Lice co-mayor Zuğurli from Diyarbakır Prison to Van Prison with her...
Imprisoned Lice Co-mayor Rezan Zuğurli, who has been jailed since August 17, 2017, was reportedly transferred from Diyarbakır E Type Prison to Van T...
Turkey seizes assets of 2 major holdings in probe into alleged stock market manipulation
A Turkish court has ordered the seizure of assets belonging to two large investment companies, Hat Holding and Investco Holding, as part of a...
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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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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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Sippenhaft, also known as...