Prison authorities deny essential medication to university student arrested in Istanbul protests
A university student arrested for joining nationwide protests over the detention and subsequent arrest of Istanbul Mayor Ekrem İmamoğlu has claimed that prison authorities...
Alleged Gülen movement followers in Turkey face ongoing detentions, social exclusion: Dutch gov’t report
A newly published report by the Dutch Ministry of Justice and Security briefing the relevant authorities on asylum applications notes that Turkish authorities continue to detain,...
Turkish nationalist leader condemns ‘hidden propaganda’ in religious rituals during pope’s visit
Devlet Bahçeli, the leader of Turkey’s Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) and a key political ally of President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, has sharply criticized parts...
Lawyer alleges brutal assault by Istanbul police
A Turkish lawyer in a statement on X has alleged severe police brutality at the Istanbul Police Department’s organized crime unit after attempting to...
Greek journalists file criminal complaint against Turkish officials who destroyed their equipment
Greek journalists, whose equipment was damaged by employees of Turkey’s Religious Affairs Directorate (Diyanet) while they were covering the aftermath of massive earthquakes that...
DEM Party MP criticizes high number of mothers accompanied by young children in Turkish...
Peoples’ Equality and Democracy Party (DEM) lawmaker Ömer Faruk Gergerlioğlu has criticized the high number of women in Turkish prisons who are accompanied by...
Study says families link some post-coup suicides in Turkey to government pressure
A new study based on interviews with families in Turkey suggests that some suicides following a post-coup purge after a 2016 failed coup are...
Children of political prisoners in Turkey cast as ‘potential criminals,’ new report finds
Children of political prisoners in Turkey are being treated as “potential criminals” and face widespread rights abuses, according to a new report published on...
Child worker accounts reveal plight of Syrian refugees in Turkey
The personal accounts of child workers who work 12 hours a day for a fraction of the minimum wage while having to endure social...
Turkish journalist detained, fired from job after expression of condolences for Gülen on TV
A journalist in western Turkey was detained and subsequently fired from her job after she expressed condolences for Turkish-Islamic scholar Fethullah Gülen during a...
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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...