Worker dies after chrome mine accident in southeastern Turkey, again raising occupational safety concerns
Halil İbrahim Yolcu, a 50-year-old chrome mine worker, died after suffering critical injuries when a rock fell on his head at a mine in...
ECtHR faults Turkey over lengthy pretrial detention of former police chiefs
The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has faulted Turkey over the lengthy pretrial detention experienced by four police chiefs who were detained in...
9-month-pregnant woman imprisoned over Gülen links despite regulations
A nine-month-pregnant woman was sent to prison on Thursday, in contravention of regulations, to serve a sentence for conviction of links to the Gülen...
Turkey’s top court finds rights violation over solitary confinement of 23 female inmates
Turkey’s Constitutional Court has ruled that solitary confinement penalties imposed on 23 female inmates over publications and handwritten notes seized during prison searches violated...
US representatives introduce legislation calling for sanctions on Turkish officials violating human rights
Two members of the US House of Representatives on Thursday announced the introduction of the “Turkey Human Rights Promotion Act of 2021,” a bipartisan...
Turkey Tribunal: 2016 coup was a ‘gift from God’ for gov’t to purge independent...
The judges of the Turkey Tribunal, a civil society-led, symbolic international tribunal established to adjudicate recent human rights violations in Turkey, on Wednesday heard...
Turkey detains 32 people over alleged Gülen links
Turkish authorities on Thursday detained 32 people in two separate operations across multiple provinces as part of an ongoing crackdown on the faith-based Gülen...
Top court orders gov’t to pay damages to 166 for suffering from lengthy judicial...
Turkey’s Constitutional Court has ruled in favor of 166 people who had delayed access to justice due to lengthy judicial proceedings, ordering the government...
Dismissed teacher, denied release from prison until too late, succumbs to cancer
Ramazan Aktaş, a former history teacher dismissed under an emergency decree in the aftermath of a 2016 coup attempt in Turkey and imprisoned over...
347 workers died in occupational accidents in Turkey in first quarter
A total of 347 people died in workplace accidents in Turkey in the first quarter of this year, according to a report by the...
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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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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...