Turkish gov’t keeps Emrah Meydan in prison under life-threatening health conditions
Emrah Meydan, who was jailed March 17, 2016 over his alleged links to the Gülen movement, has been kept in prison despite of his health is...
Prosecutor finds no grounds for legal action in case of former police inspector found...
The Gümüşhane public prosecutor's office said there were no grounds for legal action in the case of Mustafa Kabakçıoğlu, a police inspector who was...
European rights court rules against Turkey for excessive length of civil proceedings
The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) ruled on Thursday that Turkey violated former judge Sedef Ayvaz’s rightto adjudication of a complaint by a...
Maden Family’s relatives afraid of Turkey’s Erdoğan regime to attend in their funerals
Cevheri Güven, an exiled Turkish journalist who live in Greece, wrote in online news outlet Kronos that the parents and relatives of the Maden...
Turkish court gives 36 years in total to 11 Kurdish minors in Sur case
A Turkish court has given 36 years in total to 11 Kurdish minors who had been trapped in Diyarbakır's Sur district during a curfew...
İHD’s Yoleri slams Turkish gov’t plans to force coup suspects to wear prison uniforms
Gülseren Yoleri, a prominent human rights activist and the head of the Human Rights Association’s (İHD) İstanbul Barnch, has slammed Turkish government's plans to force...
Turkish gov’t imposes curfew in over 30 villages in Bitlis province
Turkish government imposed a round-the-clock curfew on Wednesday in at least 35 villages in Bitlis province as Turkish security forces have launched an operation...
Pro-Erdoğan TV presenter threatens Cumhuriyet daily over Afrin story
Yusuf Ozan, a presenter for the pro-government Akit TV, on Sunday targeted the Cumhuriyet daily over a story it ran on the Afrin operation...
UN orders Turkey to release judge arrested over alleged Gülen links
A United Nations legal panel has ordered Turkey to release a judge who is among thousands of people arrested over their alleged links to...
Turkish court gives pro-Kurdish HDP’s Taşdemir suspended sentence for ‘terror propaganda’
Pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) Ağrı deputy Dirayet Taşdemir has been given a suspended 20-month sentence on terror charges, while another HDP Ağrı deputy,...
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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...
UN Findings on Turkey’s Crackdown on the Gülen Movement: Widespread and Systematic Rights Violations...
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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...