Swedish social democrats launch campaign in solidarity with arrested HDP politicians
Coalition partner of Swedish government, the Swedish Social Democratic Party (SAP) and Olof Palme Center have launched a donation campaign to provide financial support...
Turkish gov’t detains dozens of police and military officers over alleged links to Gülen...
Turkish government has issued detention warrants for at least 65 military officers and police officers; and detained at least 35 police officers and military...
61-year-old businessman dies from poor conditions in Turkey’s Elbistan prison
Kamil Ü., a 61-year-old businessman who has been under arrest for over 10 months due to alleged links to the Gülen movement, died on...
27 people detained for visiting families whose members were released from prison
As part of a post-coup crackdown targeting followers of the faith-based Gülen movement, Turkish police in Antalya province on Sunday detained 27 people who...
Turkish government arrests dozens over alleged links to Gülen movement
An Ankara court remanded 39 former police officers in custody early Saturday morning as part of Turkish government's massive post-coup witch hunt campaign targeting...
Deputy Parliament Speaker, HDP deputy Buldan released after brief detention
Deputy Parliament Speaker and pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) deputy Pervin Buldan was released after she was briefly detained on Monday.
Buldan was detained at...
Turkish couple reportedly being tortured by government officials in Nevşehir prison
A new claim of torture in Turkey, which is under the despotic rule of President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, has came from a prison in...
Twitter suspends account of closed-down pro-Kurdish newspaper
Social media company Twitter has suspended the account of Özgür Gündem, a pro-Kurdish daily that was closed down by a Turkish court in 2016...
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...
Turkish court gives lengthy prison sentences to members of Nakıboğlu family over alleged Gülen...
A Turkish court in Gaziantep province on Thursday handed down prison sentences ranging between two years, one month and 15 years to nine businessmen...
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