Turkey jails pregnant woman over alleged Gülen links despite law suspending sentences for expectant...
A pregnant woman was jailed in northwestern Turkey despite a law allowing the suspension of prison sentences for expectant mothers, after being convicted of...
UN’s failure to extend cross-border mechanism puts lives at risk in Syria: int’l relief...
International humanitarian relief organizations are expressing concern about the failure of the UN Security Council to extend the authorization of the humanitarian cross-border mechanism...
Turkish journalist arrested due to reports on investigations into opposition mayors
Turkish journalist Furkan Karabay was arrested on Thursday on charges of insulting the president and targeting public officials involved in counterterrorism efforts in his...
İstanbul Bar marks judicial year with ‘Dark Year’ protest as top courts open new...
Turkey’s largest bar association unfurled a banner reading “Dark Year” at its İstanbul headquarters on Monday, using the first day of the judicial calendar...
Turkey’s Transnational Repression: 2024 in Review
Turkey’s efforts at transnational repression against critics abroad did not wind down in 2024. The Turkish government continued to relentlessly pursue anyone with alleged...
Quake victims suffering from disease unable to access basic medicine, healthcare services
Victims of devastating earthquakes that struck Turkey’s southern provinces in early February are having problems accessing essential health services and basic medicine, the TR724...
HRW: Turkish airstrikes in Syria lead to humanitarian crisis, disrupting water, electricity
Drone strikes by the Turkish Armed Forces (TSK) on Kurdish-held areas of northeast Syria between Oct. 5 and 10 damaged critical infrastructure and resulted...
Femicide victim filed 30 complaints with the police before her death
A woman who was killed by her ex-husband in southeastern Urfa province on Friday had filed 30 complaints with the police but was not...
Nevruz celebrated in Turkey under shadow of deadly quakes sees detention of hundreds
This year’s Nevruz celebrations, which lacked the enthusiasm of previous years due to massive earthquakes that claimed the lives of tens of thousands in...
12 arrested among 33 detained in operation targeting main opposition-run municipality
Turkish courts have arrested 12 of 33 people detained in an operation targeting a district municipality run by the main opposition Republican People’s Party...
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Family Punishment in Turkey: How Erdoğan Uses the Nazi Practice of Sippenhaft
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Sippenhaft, also known as...
Human Rights in Turkey: 2023 in Review
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