Kurdish singer says concert cancelled by municipality for including Kurdish songs
Kurdish singer Mem Ararat said in a statement on Twitter that a concert of his which was scheduled to take place on December 4...
Turkish airstrikes deprive hundreds of villages in northeast Syria of power
Hundreds of northeast Syrian villages and towns lost power after Turkish airstrikes pounded power stations and other infrastructure, Agence France-Presse reported on Monday, citing...
UEFA is considering moving Champions League final from Turkey in event of unrest following...
UEFA has held talks about moving the Champions League final to Lisbon’s Stadium of Light in the event of unrest in Turkey following the...
9-months-pregnant woman jailed over Gülen links remains behind bars in Turkey despite repeated appeals...
A Turkish court has rebuffed three attempts to free a 9-months-pregnant former teacher who could go into labor at any moment, the TR724 news...
Turkish court releases 14 students arrested during protests over İmamoğlu detention
A Turkish court on Friday ordered the release of 14 students pending trial who were jailed for over two months following demonstrations protesting the...
Int’l press groups urge full probe into killing of Turkish environmental journalist
International press organizations have joined local press groups in strongly condemning a fatal attack on journalist and environmental activist Hakan Tosun and urged Turkish authorities to...
Turkey’s OHAL Commission reinstates only 2,700 people out of 125,000 appeals
Turkey's State of Emergency Procedures Investigation Commission (OHAL Commission), which was established by the Turkish government led by President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan to investigate...
Turkey’s main opposition party abstains from voting to repeal decree-laws despite election promise
Turkey’s main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) has abstained from voting in support of a bill to repeal post-coup decree-laws despite having promised to...
Turkey blocks 41 social media accounts for ‘disinformation’ in Iran war posts
Turkey has imposed access restrictions on 41 social media accounts and removed 75 pieces of online content over what a senior official described as...
Wife of Turkish teacher dismissed over alleged Gülen links dies while saving children from...
The wife of a former teacher dismissed by an emergency decree over alleged links to the faith-based Gülen movement died on Saturday while trying...
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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...