Turkish lawyer detained for insulting Islamic law on social media
A Turkish lawyer has been detained for insulting Sharia, the religious law that is part of the Islamic tradition, on social media platform X,...
Turkey’s top court finds discrimination in denial of retirement payment to dismissed civil servant
Turkey’s Constitutional Court has ruled that a former public servant was subjected to unlawful discrimination when he was denied a retirement payment following his...
Top Turkish court rules former teacher was tortured in police custody
Turkey’s Constitutional Court ruled on May 18, 2021 that a former teacher arrested for links to the Gülen movement was tortured in detention and...
RSF slams ‘political’ justice in Turkey over Khashoggi murder
A day before a Turkish probe resumes into the killing of Saudi columnist Jamal Khashoggi, Reporters Without Borders on Monday slammed political influence on...
Former İstanbul governor, police chief acquitted of terrorism charges in retrial over Gülen links
A Turkish court has acquitted a former İstanbul governor and a police chief from the same city of terrorism charges in a retrial over...
Turkish women take to the streets to protest femicide and government inaction
Turkish women took to the streets on Monday evening to protest the killing of a woman by her ex-husband in broad daylight, Turkish media...
‘I don’t want him to die in prison,’ says spouse of lymphoma patient imprisoned...
The wife of Veysel Alıcı, who was arrested in February on charges of links to the Gülen movement despite his lymphoma, told the Bold...
Documentary tells stories of people fleeing Turkey’s post-coup crackdown
A documentary telling the stories of some of the victims of Turkey’s post-coup crackdown who were able to leave the country through Greece premiered...
Watchdog investigation contradicts defense of prison administration accused of mistreatment
An investigation conducted by the Human Rights and Equality Institution of Turkey (TIHEK) in an Ankara prison has found factual inaccuracies in the prison...
İstanbul court judges face criminal complaint for non-compliance with top court decision
A criminal complaint has been filed against judges of the İstanbul 13th High Criminal Court for their refusal to comply with a decision of...
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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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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...