HDP deputy asks Turkish justice minister questions about teacher who died in jail
Pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) deputy Meral Danış Bektaş has submitted a parliamentary inquiry to the Parliament’s Speaker’s Office in which he asked several...
Lawyer detained for insulting Islamic law released on judicial probation
A Turkish lawyer who was detained on Monday for insulting Sharia, the religious law that is part of the Islamic tradition, on social media platform X,...
Saturday Mothers activist to receive compensation for detention during protest
Aydın Aydoğan, a member of the Saturday Mothers activist group, has won a court case and will receive non-pecuniary damages from the state for...
Turkish gov’t issues detention warrants for 93 more educators over alleged Gülen links
The Turkish government issued detention warrants on Thursday for 93 educators as part of an investigation into the faith-based Gülen movement, the state-run Anadolu...
ECtHR prioritizes second case on continuing, new violations of Kavala’s rights
The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has granted priority status to a second case lodged by businessman and philanthropist Osman Kavala, who has...
HRW: Turkish gov’t creating climate of fear on university campuses
Turkey’s universities are experiencing a period of self-censorship and a lack of academic freedom as hundreds of academic staff members face prosecution and thousands...
Yalçınkaya v Türkiye: The implications and potential consequences of continuing non-compliance
Dr Suzanne Egan
In light of the recent judgment of the Grand Chamber of the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) in Yalçınkaya v Türkiye, this...
COMMENTARY — Iranian intelligence drives a wedge between Turkey and NATO
By Abdullah Bozkurt
Tapping in on the growing outcry in Turkish public opinion about the US embassy move to Jerusalem, Iranian proxy groups operating in...
ECtHR notifies Turkey of 3rd batch of 1,000 applications over Gülen movement convictions after...
The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) on Monday notified Ankara of 1,000 applications in its docket for convictions of Gülen movement membership over...
İYİ Party leader’s advisor arrested by Turkish court over alleged Gülen links
Kerim Çoraklık, head of the communications team of the opposition İYİ Party and an advisor to the party’s leader, Meral Akşener, who was detained...
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