Dehumanizing a Legacy: How Fethullah Gülen’s Death Triggered a Campaign of Hate Speech in...
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This report examines the surge of hate speech following the death of Fethullah Gülen, a US-based cleric whose followers have been systematically persecuted...
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Turkey detains 110 in operations targeting alleged Gülen followers
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Official documents reveal illegal profiling of alleged Gülen movement followers
Official documents shared on Twitter by a former prosecutor showed how Ministry of Health bureaucrats profiled alleged followers of the faith-based Gülen movement in...
Turkey’s actors, artists under pressure as gov’t turns up the heat
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2 men beaten by police who raided the wrong house
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İsmail and...
Opposition MP submits parliamentary proposal to investigate the impact of poverty on minors in...
Ayşe Sibel Yankıömeroğlu from the Republican People’s Party (CHP) has submitted a parliamentary proposal to investigate the impact of poverty on minors in Turkey...
Inmate in Iskenderun prison faces foot amputation if not treated immediately
An inmate in Turkey's southeastern Iskenderun T-Type Prison has appealed to the Human Rights Association (IHD), saying he is at risk of losing his...
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