Jailed journalist faces up to 3 years in prison for ‘disseminating misleading information’
A Turkish prosecutor has opened a second criminal case against jailed journalist Fatih Altaylı, seeking up to three years in prison on charges of...
Turkish state fund reveals details of Can Dündar’s confiscated properties
Turkey’s Savings Deposit Insurance Fund (TMSF) has revealed details of five properties confiscated from journalist living in exile Can Dündar, including their locations, rental...
Turkish appeals court upholds prison sentences of 7 Kurdish journalists
The Ankara Regional Court of Justice has upheld prison sentences handed down to seven Kurdish journalists on charges of “membership in a terrorist organization,”...
Panel discusses Turkey’s dire human rights situation on sidelines of UN meeting
A panel of experts on Monday tackled Turkey’s human rights record on the occasion of the 56th meeting of the United Nations Human Rights...
Air force cadets recount torture, life sentences in new documentary on Turkey’s 2016 coup...
Six former Turkish Air Force Academy cadets who were sent to İstanbul under military orders during the July 2016 coup attempt recount in a...
Turkey detains 32 more over alleged Gülen links
Turkish police detained 32 individuals in their homes on Tuesday over alleged links to the faith-based Gülen movement in a series of coordinated operations...
Gov’t, media colluded to frame Gülen movement as terrorist: pro-Erdoğan journalist
Rasim Ozan Kütahyalı, a close confidant of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and a journalist who describes himself as the president’s “spin-doctor,” revealed the...
Turkey proposes mandatory identity checks for social media, raising press freedom concerns
Turkey’s Ministry of Justice is drafting a bill requiring social media users to verify their identity through a government system, expanding state oversight of...
Journalist Mehmet Baransu sentenced to 17 years for publishing leaked gov’t documents
An İstanbul court on Monday sentenced jailed investigative journalist Mehmet Baransu, a former correspondent for the now-defunct Taraf newspaper, to 17 years, one month...
Locals, activists fighting to protect western Turkey forest from pro-gov’t holdings’ mining threat
Environmental activists and villagers in Turkey’s southwestern province of Muğla have been struggling both physically and legally since 2019 to prevent the felling of...
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Turkey’s Post-Coup Crackdown, 10 Years On: A Decade’s Legacy
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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...