OSCE says concerned on solitary confinement of Zaman’s art director Fevzi Yazıcı
Harlem Désir, the Representative on Freedom of the Media at the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE), has reacted the maltreatment of Fevzi...
Over 90 people arrested over alleged Gülen links in İstanbul
Ninety-one civilians were arrested by a Turkish court on Saturday due to alleged use of a smart phone application called ByLock and alleged links...
HDP announces 318 members including party administrators detained on Monday
The Pro-Kurdish Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) has stated that over 318 people including party administrators, provincial-district co-chairs and members have been detained on Monday and...
EP’s Foreign Affairs Chair McAllister: Turkish gov’t turns its back on rule of law,...
David McAllister, the European Parliament (EP) lawmaker and the Chair of the EP’s Foreign Affairs Committee has stated that "Recent developments in Turkey including purges...
SAR’s report shows Turkey is global leader in attacks against academia
Scholars, academic staff and students across the globe continue to face threats while Turkey has been singled out as the home to the highest...
COMMENTARY — Iranian intelligence drives a wedge between Turkey and NATO
By Abdullah Bozkurt
Tapping in on the growing outcry in Turkish public opinion about the US embassy move to Jerusalem, Iranian proxy groups operating in...
Kurdish prisoners in Turkey complain of restrictions on their language, culture
A prison administration in Ankara has refused to deliver Kurdish-language books sent to inmates and forbidden them from singing in Kurdish and performing folk...
Turkish jurists call for immediate release of journalist Güven
Jurists have expressed reactions to the “unlawful detention” of Cumhuriyet’s website editor Oğuz Güven for a report that appeared on the daily’s website about...
Turkish court sentences psychologist to 10,5 years in prison over alleged links to Gülen...
Ercan Eroğlu, an İstanbul psychologist, was sentenced to 10 years and 6 months in prison over his alleged links to the Gülen movement on Thursday.
The reason...
Turkish police detains two more people for wearing ‘HERO’ T-shirts
Turkish police on Wednesday detained two people wearing a T-shirt bearing the word “hero” in Eskişehir province one day after two university students were...
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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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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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The May 2023 re-election of...