Turkey braces for momentous runoff after election drama
Turkey braced Monday for its first election runoff after a night of high drama showed President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan edging ahead of his secular...
24 face detention over alleged Gülen links in ‘payphone investigations’
Turkish prosecutors have issued detention warrants for 24 people including active duty and former military officers as well as former military cadets due to...
Jailed civil society leader Kavala says MPs ‘no longer allowed’ to visit him in...
Turkish philanthropist and businessman Osman Kavala, who has been behind bars for eight years on charges widely viewed as politically motivated, said that lawmakers...
IFRC warns of presence of asbestos and its impacts in Turkey’s quake zone
The International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) has warned of the presence of asbestos in buildings affected by devastating earthquakes...
Turkish police use excessive force during Nevruz celebrations in Diyarbakir
Turkish police used excessive force during Nevruz celebrations on Monday in southeastern Diyarbakırprovince, the TR724 news website reported.
Celebrations of the spring festival started early...
Turkish court jails CHP Ankara district mayor, 23 others in corruption investigation
A Turkish court has jailed the opposition mayor of Ankara’s Çankaya district and 23 other people pending trial in a corruption investigation targeting the...
13 participants in Women’s Day’s march in İstanbul detained on Erdoğan insult charges
Turkish police have detained 13 women including a minor who took part in a march to mark International Women’s Day on March 8 in...
Turkey’s top court finds discrimination in denial of retirement payment to dismissed civil servant
Turkey’s Constitutional Court has ruled that a former public servant was subjected to unlawful discrimination when he was denied a retirement payment following his...
Turkish court orders main opposition leader to pay Erdoğan $16,500 over speeches
A Turkish court on Thursday ordered main opposition New Party leader Özgür Özel to pay President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan TL 800,000 ($16,500) in damages...
Former teacher arrested to serve sentence for Gülen links after rescue from earthquake rubble
A former public servant who went into hiding after receiving a sentence of more than six years in prison for links to the Gülen...
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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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This report analyzes UN findings on Turkey’s post-2016 counterterrorism measures targeting people with alleged links to the faith-based Gülen movement.
Drawing on opinions of...
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Weaponized Diplomacy: How Erdoğan Uses Turkish Missions for Transnational Repression
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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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This report focuses on how the Turkish government, under President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, has used family punishment against his opponents.
Sippenhaft, also known as...