Turkish activist Saçılık says hunger striker Nuriye Gülmen is now 37 kg and at...
Veli Saçılık, a Turkish leftist protester and a friend of Turkish educators Nuriye Gülmen and Semih Özakça, who started a hunger strike in order to protest...
Turkish court rules to release 2 police officers from prison in Hrant Dink case
A Turkish court on Tuesday ruled to release police officers Yakup Kurtaran and Özkan Mumcu, who are standing trial in a case involving the...
Turkish gov’t dismisses 7,655 people from Health Ministry over alleged links to Gülen movement
At total of 7,655 people were dismissed from the Health Ministry as part of the government’s post-coup purge of state institutions, according to official...
Turkish Consulate in Warsaw seized passport of a news portal founder
Turkey’s General Consulate in Warsaw has seized the passport of a Turkish national in Poland as part of increasing pattern of arbitrary refusal of...
Poll shows 65 pct of Turkish public thinks Brunson’s continuing detention is right
A total of 65.4 percent of the Turkish public thinks that continuing detention of American pastor Andrew Brunson is right, according to a recent...
Turkish gov’t launches investigation into Atatürkist organization over ‘coup tweet’
The Ankara Chief Public Prosecutor’s Office on Monday launched an investigation into the Atatürkist Thought Organization (ADD) over a tweet shared yesterday on the...
Students, academics protest proposed division of Turkey’s İstanbul University
İstanbul University students and academics continued a weeks-long protest on Tuesday in Beyazıt Square against a bill submitted to the Turkish Parliament to split up...
Turkey’s Saturday Mothers reclaim right to bury their loved ones
The Saturday Mothers met for the 710th time on Saturday to demand justice and truth for their children and relatives who disappeared while in...
Former acting US Attorney complaints over attacks came from Turkey during Zarrab probe
Former acting US attorney in Manhattan Joon H. Kim, who oversaw the Turkish banker Mehmet Hakan Atilla, who was convicted of helping orchestrate what...
Turkey’s Erdoğan appoints son-in-law’s ‘thesis writer’ to Wealth Fund board
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has appointed Professor Erişah Arıcan, who allegedly wrote the Ph.D. thesis of Erdoğan’s son-in-law and Treasury and Finance Minister...
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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...