AKP municipality rejects leased cars with plates bearing Gülen’s initials
The ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP)-run Kocaeli Metropolitan Municipality has rejected a leasing company’s proposal to lease cars to be used for municipal...
Turkish journalist under suicide risk re-arrested a few hours after release
Ayşenur Parıldak, a 27-year old Turkish journalist, has been arrested again a few hours after an Ankara court released her from nine-months pre-trial detention...
MEDEL presents Judge Arslan as nominee for Vaclav Havel Human Rights Prize
Magistrats Européens pour la Démocratie et les Libertés (MEDEL) has presented before the Council of Europe (CoE) the application of Judge Murat Arslan, the...
Turkey seeks to lift main opposition leader Kılıçdaroğlu’s parliamentary immunity
A dossier that seeks to remove the parliamentary immunity of seven main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) deputies, including Chairman Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu, has been...
VIDEO — A Turkish national abducted in Malaysia by operatives linked to Turkey’s Erdoğan
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A Turkish national was abducted in Kuala Lumpur on a broad daylight by unknown operatives who are believed to be affiliated with Turkish government...
3 years jail time sought for imprisoned academic, journalist Türköne for ‘threatening’ Erdoğan
An indictment prepared by an İstanbul prosecutor seeks three years sentence for Mümtaz’er Türköne, a political science professor and columnist for now-closed Zaman and...
The Times resembles Erdoğan to Stalin and Hitler in its leading article
"The mass arrests of Turkish police underline the paranoia of Erdoğan’s ambitions," wrote prestigious English daily The Times in a leading article on Tuesday and...
Four European political leaders say Turkey no longer fulfils the Copenhagen criteria
“Turkey no longer fulfils the Copenhagen criteria, the key that opens the door to EU accession,” wrote Manfred Weber, the chairman of the EPP...
France’s National Scientific Research Center freezes relations with Turkey’s TÜBİTAK
In the light of massive dismissals of scholars in Turkey from their positions, France’s National Scientific Research Center (CNRS)decided to freeze relations with Turkey’s...
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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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...
Human Rights in Turkey: 2023 in Review
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This report highlights the most important developments in the area of human rights in Turkey during the year 2023.
The May 2023 re-election of...