UK announces deal with Turkey to tackle illegal migration
The UK has announced a deal with Turkey to enhance cooperation on tackling illegal migration, which includes a new operational “center of excellence” to be...
7,600 investigated for insulting Turkish president in 2022
Turkish prosecutors launched 7,600 investigations into individuals on allegations of insulting President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan in 2022, the Birgün daily reported, citing data from...
AKP members target award-winning actress for pro-women’s-rights speech
Members of Turkey’s ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) have targeted award-winning actress Merve Dizdar for a speech she gave about women’s rights at...
Social media campaign urges release of purged military officer suffering from MS
Social media users are calling on Turkish authorities to release Mehmet Gürler, a former military officer suffering from advanced multiple sclerosis (MS), from prison.
The...
Record number of jailed journalists globally, Turkey among top offenders: CPJ
The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) has found that a record number of journalists are currently imprisoned around the world, with Turkey among the...
Journalist Nevşin Mengü faces more than 7 years in prison over interview with Kurdish...
Turkish journalist Nevşin Mengü faces up to seven and a half years in prison after publishing an interview with Salih Müslim, one of the...
Greece arrests 5 border police on suspicion of working with smugglers: report
Greece has arrested five police officers from a special border guard force on suspicion of working with smugglers to help migrants cross into the...
Uşak mayor detained in bribery probe amid growing crackdown on main opposition
Turkish authorities detained the mayor of Uşak along with 10 others on Friday as part of a bribery investigation, the latest move in an...
Turkey’s post-coup purge created a decade of ‘civil death,’ rights group says
A survey of 1,629 people dismissed from Turkey’s civil service after a July 2016 coup attempt found that nearly two-thirds had been unable to...
New law grants Turkey’s oversight body power to remove public officials, military officers
A law passed by the Turkish parliament last week grants extraordinary powers to the State Inspection Council (DDK), a government oversight body, to remove...
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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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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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Sippenhaft, also known as...