Turkish judge on European rights court acts as Erdoğan’s Trojan horse
The judge representing Turkey on the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) dissents from majority opinions in cases whose applicants are political critics of Turkish President...
Turkey had the highest number of occupational fatalities in Europe in 2018: report
Turkey ranked first in Europe in the number of fatal workplace accidents in 2018, with 1,541 work-related deaths, Euronews Turkish reported, citing the European...
CoE calls on Turkey to take further steps on violence against women
The Council of Europe (CoE) on Monday called on Turkey to take further action to comply fully with the Istanbul Convention’s provisions on violence...
Amnesty launches ‘urgent action’ campaign to release jailed Turkish rapper Ezhel
Amnesty International (AI) launched an online campaign on June 1, calling for the release of Turkish rapper Ezhel, who was put in pretrial detention...
Two members of Turkish folk music band seek asylum in France
Two members of Turkey’s famous left-wing protest music group, Grup Yorum, are now seeking asylum in France, according to a report by Euronews on Saturday....
Turkish court rules to jail Kurdish journalist Berzan Güneş in Şırnak province
A court in Turkey's eastern Şırnak province on Monday ruled to jail Kurdish journalist Berzan Güneş, a reporter for the pro-Kurdish Mezopotamya news agency,...
CHP report reveals that humanitarian conditions deteriorating in Turkish prisons
The humanitarian conditions in prisons are deteriorating day by day, a Republican People’s Party (CHP) sub-commission investigating prison conditions has stated after conducting interviews...
Turkish research assistant kills 4 academics after accusing them of being Gülen followers
A research assistant at Osmangazi University in the central Turkish province of Eskişehir has shot and killed four university employees who he has been...
Turkey arrests 31 more lawyers in İstanbul over alleged links to Gülen movement
Thirty-one attorneys were arrested in İstanbul on Monday as part of Turkish government's massive post-coup witch hunt campaign targeting the alleged members of the...
Turkish gov’t aims to bring researchers back home after dismissing thousands of them
A program to bring Turkish researchers back home will be launched on Dec. 15, said Mustafa Varank, Turkey’s Technology and Industry Minister on Wednesday,...
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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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Drawing on opinions of...
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The Forgotten Victims: Children of Turkey’s Post-Coup Purge
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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...