Detention warrants issued for 40 at closed-down university, 52 informatics staff detained over alleged...
The Ankara Chief Public Prosecutor’s Office has issued detention warrants for 40 people including academics and staff members at the Ankara-based Turgut Özal University...
Dozens detained across Turkey over alleged links to Gülen movement on Wednesday
Police detained dozens of people across Turkey on Wednesday as part of Turkish government’s massive post-coup witch hunt campaign targeting the alleged followers of...
Turkish President Erdoğan compares Diyanet’s 140,000 imams and staff to an army
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan compared the staff and imams of Turkey’s religious body, the Directorate of Religious Affairs (Diyanet), to "an army of...
Turkish court sentences 82-year-old Türk for 10 years over Gülen links, releases him from...
A Turkish court has sentenced 82-year-old Turkish man, who was in pre-trial detention for more than 15 months, in 10 years in prison over...
Turkish Armenian intellectual escapes from prison: The bird has flown
Sevan Nişanyan, a Turkish intellectual of Armenian origin who was imprisoned on Dec. 2, 2014 for “construction infractions,” announced in a tweet on Friday...
Lawyer of Turkey’s main opposition leader and dozens more detained over alleged links to...
Celal Çelik, a judge-turned lawyer representing the main opposition Republican Peoples’ Party (CHP) leader Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu, was detained at his home in Ankara province...
MİT asks YÖK to dismiss 910 more academics from universities
Turkey’s National Intelligence Organization (MİT) has sent a list of 910 academics to the Higher Education Board (YÖK), who should be dismissed from universities over...
Turkish court gives prison sentence to pro-Kurdish HDP deputy Beştaş over ‘insulting’ gov’t, state
Turkish court has sentenced pro-Kurdish Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) deputy Meral Danış Beştaş on Friday to 2 years and 3 months in jail for her...
Turkish gov’t detains dozens of people over their alleged links to Gülen movement
The Turkish government detained dozens of people across Turkey on Friday as part of its massive post-coup witch hunt targeting alleged members of the...
US judge asks if Zarrab’s lawyers were hired by Turkey, Iran, US
US District Judge Richard Berman in Manhattan said on Monday that he wanted to know whether Iran employs any lawyers for Reza Zarrab, a...
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The Forgotten Victims: Children of Turkey’s Post-Coup Purge
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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...
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Sippenhaft, also known as...