16 more military officers, cadets arrested on charges of alleged terrorism
Sixteen military officers and previously expelled military academy cadets who were detained along with 26 others last week as part of an...
One-third of inmates in Ankara prisons affiliated with the Gülen movement
The Ankara Chief Public Prosecutor’s Office on January 14, 2019 announced that 11,297 indictments were prepared by the office based on terrorism...
AKP deputy chairman: No violation of human rights in Turkey
Deputy Chairman of the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) Leyla Şahin Usta, who had sued Turkey at the European Court of...
Sweden must do more for jailed Kurdish leader Demirtaş: Swedish lawmaker
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A Swedish lawmaker has asked the government to exert more pressure on...
CoE Commissioner Mijatovic submits opinion in Kavala case at European human rights court
Dunja Mijatovic, the Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights. AFP PHOTOS
Council of Europe (CoE) Commissioner for...
Police fire tear gas at Kurdish deputies in Ankara
Turkish police on January 9 fired tear gas to break up a protest by a small group of pro-Kurdish Peoples' Democratic Party...
JWF policy brief: How abusive counterterrorism laws deprived hundreds of thousands of people...
The New York-based Journalists and Writers Foundation (JWF) has called on the international community to urge the Turkish government to repeal the...
Turkey ranks 110th among 160 countries in The Economist’s democracy index
According to the latest edition of The Economist Intelligence Unit’s Democracy Index, released by The Economist on Tuesday, Turkey was ranked 110th...
Turkish prison banned all communication for Gülen inmates for nearly 2 years
For 565 days, Turkish authorities cut off all communication and banned the delivery of letters and other messages to and from suspected...
260,144 people jailed in Turkey’s overcrowded prisons
According to recent data released by Turkish Justice Minister Abdülhamit Gül, 260,144 people are jailed in the country’s 385 overcrowded prisons, with...
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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...
Clampdown on foreign journalists in Turkey
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Turkey, the most notorious country in the world in terms of jailing journalists, with 237 currently behind bars, has also come after foreign...
Free Thought under Siege in Turkey: the Crackdown on Education
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- Crackdown on education sector in Turkey victimized nearly 100,000 teachers and academics
The crackdown on critical thinking in Turkey with an unprecedented witch...
‘Erdoğan’s Long Arm: The Case of Sweden’
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Turkey has expanded its witch hunt against critics to Sweden, using government institutions, affiliated NGOs and operatives, a report released by the Stockholm Center...
Kurdish political movement under crackdown in Turkey: The case of the HDP
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- New report highlights crackdown on Kurdish political movement in Turkey
The Kurdish political movement has come under intense pressure from the current government...
Erdoğan’s Long Arm: The Case Of Norway
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- Erdoğan’s long arm reaches to Norway, targeting critics of Turkish government
Turkey has escalated its witch hunt persecution on critics to Norway using...
Turkey Cracks Down On Health Care Professionals
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- New research shows Turkey’s purge destroyed lives of 21,000 health care workers
More than 21,000 health care professionals including doctors, nurses, medical professors,...
Tortured to Death: Holding Gökhan Açıkkollu’s Killers To Account
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- A new report uncovers a murder of detained teacher in Turkey due to torture
Deaths in detentions and prisons due to torture, abuse...
Abuse Of The Interpol System By Turkey
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- Turkey weaponised Interpol system to persecute critics, new study exposes
The Turkish government’s blatant abuse of the International Criminal Police Organization (Interpol) to...
Erdoğan’s Rule by Royal Decree: Turkey’s Contempt for The Rule of Law
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- New research decodes how Turkey brands law abiding & peaceful people as terrorists
The authoritarian government of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s open contempt...