Erdoğan’s relative sets up group for mobilization in event of coup attempt
Orhan Uzuner, the father-in-law of President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s son Bilal, has established an armed group to mobilize the public in the event of...
OSCE: Detention of hundreds in Turkey for expressing dissenting views on military operation in...
Harlem Désir, the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) Representative on Freedom of the Media, has turned to the authorities of Turkey...
US senators apply to attend trial in Turkey of jailed pastor Brunson
A number of US senators have applied to Turkey’s Justice Ministry to attend the first hearing next week in the trial of Andrew Brunson,...
Turkey arrests ÇHD head Selçuk Kozağaçlı on terrorism charges
Turkey's Progressive Lawyers’ Association (ÇHD) President Selçuk Kozağaçlı, who was detained on Nov. 8 in İstanbul, has been arrested by a court on charges...
Turkish passenger on same plane as CHP deputy tweets about strangling him
A passenger sitting behind main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) deputy Sezgin Tanrıkulu on a plane asked in a tweet whether he should kill...
COMMENTARY — Turkey’s Erdoğan sowing the seeds of jihadist ideology among African students
By Abdullah Bozkurt
The scary spectacle of how African exchange students who receive their education in Turkey on government scholarships are being indoctrinated in jihadist...
Turkish journalist tells horrific stories of people abducted by MİT, tortured in Ankara building
Cevheri Güven, a Turkish journalist living in exile, has said in recently released video footage that people who were abducted by Turkey's National Intelligence...
Turkish police officer Korkmaz denies any affiliation with Gülen movement during Iran-sanctions trial
During his cross-examination on Wednesday, Hüseyin Korkmaz, the former deputy head of the İstanbul Police Financial Crime Department, who has been testifying in a...
Turkish mayor built martyrs’ cemetery ‘just in case’ someone from town martyred
A Turkish mayor ordered the establishment of a martyrs’ cemetery in a town in northern Gümüşhane province in the event some youths from the...
Turkish mafia leader threatens newspaper boss, columnists over report
Notorious mafia leader Alaattin Çakıcı threatened Karar daily boss Mehmet Aydın and six columnists in a written statement posted on his “official” Instagram account...
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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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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...
Human Rights in Turkey: 2023 in Review
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This report highlights the most important developments in the area of human rights in Turkey during the year 2023.
The May 2023 re-election of...