Main opposition official detained in expanding probe into İstanbul Municipality’s voter data
Turkish police have detained the information technology coordinator of the main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) as part of an expanding investigation into the...
3 dead after migrant boat hits rocks off Greek island of Lesbos: report
Three migrants died and 16 others were rescued off the Greek island of Lesbos on Tuesday after a dinghy carrying them from the nearby...
Turkish court again defies Constitutional Court ruling in Gezi Park case
A Turkish court has for the second time refused to enforce a binding Constitutional Court ruling ordering a retrial for jailed urban planner Tayfun...
Far-right Turkish leader breaks post-quake silence, targets relief organizations
The leader of Turkey’s far-right Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) has broken his dayslong silence in the aftermath of a powerful earthquake and targeted two...
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...
Tent city in earthquake disaster zone at risk of flooding, warns Turkish Chamber of...
Amid devastating earthquakes that hit southeastern Turkey on February 6, the Turkish Chamber of Civil Engineers has warned that a tent city in Diyarbakır...
Turkey puts journalist on trial over article on Armenian genocide
Journalist Tuğçe Yılmaz, editor of the Bianet news website, appeared in an İstanbul court on Tuesday on charges of “insulting the Turkish nation and...
World Bank estimates Turkey earthquake damage at $34 bn
The devastating February 6 earthquake and aftershocks that hit southern Turkey have caused damage worth more than $34 billion in the country, Agence France-Presse...
European rights court says Turkey violated inmates family life rights
Turkey violated a prisoner’s right to family life by refusing to move him to a prison closer to his family without properly assessing the...
850,000 children in Turkey, Syria remain displaced by earthquakes: UNICEF
More than 850,000 children remain displaced in Turkey and northern Syria a month after devastating earthquakes struck Turkey in early February, UNICEF said in...
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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...