Tortured and raped in Turkey, asylum seeker denied protection by US judge with low...
A Turkish asylum seeker who says he was tortured and raped in his home country was recently denied protection in the United States by...
Turkish broadcasting watchdog declares 2025 ‘Year of Combatting LGBTQ+ Content’
Turkey’s broadcasting watchdog has announced that 2025 has been designated as the “Year of Combatting LGBTQ+ Content,” signaling a continuing crackdown on LGBTQ+ representation...
Turkish women’s rights organizations to take to the streets on March 8 to protest...
Women’s rights organizations in Turkey said they would take to the streets on March 8,, International Women’s Day, in protest of increasing gender inequity...
10 years after daughter was fatally shot by Turkish police, mother says family still...
Ten years after her daughter was shot and killed during a police raid on their family home, a grieving mother said her family still...
Third CHP mayor in İstanbul arrested, removed from office
Turkey’s Interior Ministry has removed another opposition party mayor in İstanbul from office following his arrest as part of a bid-rigging investigation, Turkish Minute...
21 women in Turkey fell victim to femicide in February
Twenty-one women were murdered by men in Turkey in February, while 16 died under suspicious circumstances, Turkish Minute reported, citing a monthly report from a leading...
ECtHR faults Turkey for pretrial detention of 51 judges, prosecutors after failed 2016 coup
The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) ruled on Tuesday that Turkey violated the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR) by arresting 51 judges and prosecutors...
121 workers died in occupation-related accidents in Turkey in February: report
A total of 121 people died in workplace accidents in Turkey in February, according to a monthly report prepared by the Health and Safety Labor Watch...
Turkish authorities deny parole of couple imprisoned over Gülen links despite eligibility
Turkish prison authorities have denied parole to Saadet Bulun and Emre Bulun, a couple imprisoned since 2018 over alleged links to the faith-based Gülen...
Far-right leader marks 64th birthday behind bars, calls imprisonment politically motivated
Ümit Özdağ, leader of Turkey’s far-right Victory Party (ZP), celebrated his 64th birthday behind bars, claiming in a letter from prison that his ongoing...
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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...
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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This report focuses on how the Turkish government, under President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, has used family punishment against his opponents.
Sippenhaft, also known as...