Turkey’s main opposition leader slams Erdoğan over Zarrab case: Why did you get into...
Main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) Chairman Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu on Tuesday strongly criticised Turkish autocratic President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan over the case against Reza...
Çavuşoğlu: Turkish gov’t could restart peace talks should PKK lay down arms
Turkish government expects the outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) to lay down weapons, a primary condition for any revival of the previously failed peace...
Nobody hurt by emergency rule except terrorists, claims Turkey’s autocratic President
Nobody has suffered from post-coup emergency rule (OHAL) except for terrorist organizations and their members, Turkish autocratic President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said on Sunday.
Speaking...
European law associations to Turkey: Immediately release 55 lawyers
Six European law associations in a letter to Turkey’s president, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, on Thursday urged the Turkish government to immediately release 55 lawyers...
Reuters research says 60 percent of Turks don’t trust mainstream media
Sixty percent of Turkish people do not trust the news published in the mainstream media, according to a Digital News Report published by the...
Turkey’s TRT probes news presenter for saying Turkish military targeting civilians in Afrin
Turkey’s state-run and public-funded Radio and Television Corporation (TRT) has announced on Monday that it launched an investigation into a news presenter who on...
Turkish gov’t issues detention warrants for 25 gendarmerie officers over alleged Gülen links
The Ankara Chief Public Prosecutor’s Office on Tuesday issued detention warrants for 25 gendarmerie officers as part of an investigation into the faith-based Gülen...
Amnesty International’s Turkey Chair Kılıç re-detained by Turkish government
Taner Kılıç, the president of Turkey’s branch of international human rights group Amnesty International, was redetained shortly after a court ordered his release pending...
Journalist investigated over report on woman’s rape by noncommissioned officer: report
An investigation has been opened into İdris Yayla, publisher of the Jiyan Haber newspaper, for "provoking the public to hatred and hostility or denigrating...
Turkish gov’t dismisses 461 career diplomats from foreign ministry over alleged links to Gülen...
The Turkish government has dismissed 461 career diplomats at the Foreign Ministry as part of its massive post-coup witch hunt targeting alleged members of...
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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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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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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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Sippenhaft, also known as...