Turkey’s Supreme Court of Appeals declines to uphold 9-year sentence for former mayor
The 16th Criminal Chamber of Turkey’s Supreme Court of Appeals has declined to uphold a prison sentence of nine years, four months and 15...
Turkish journalist Karabay acquitted of some charges but will remain in prison
A Turkish court on Thursday acquitted journalist Furkan Karabay of spreading disinformation and targeting public officials involved in counterterrorism efforts but convicted him of...
Documentary filmmaker arrested in Ankara on terrorism charges
A documentary filmmaker and journalist who was detained while shooting a film in Ankara last Friday was arrested on terrorism charges on Saturday, Turkish...
Turkey marks 10 years since Ankara bombing as families decry lack of justice
Families of victims, opposition politicians and trade unions marked the 10th anniversary of Turkey’s deadliest terrorist attack on Thursday, gathering outside Ankara’s main train...
Turkish appeals court upholds sentences of Kavala, 7 others in Gezi trial
A Turkish appellate court on Wednesday upheld the conviction of eight defendants for involvement in an attempt to overthrow the government of then-prime minister...
Final days of purge victim highlight human toll of Turkey’s post-coup crackdown
Photos from the final days of a former teacher who died in a hospital in September following a heart attack in Kütahya Prison and...
Top prosecutor portrays pro-Kurdish party as ‘recruitment office’ for PKK
A top Turkish prosecutor who is seeking to close down the country’s second largest opposition party, the pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP), has accused...
Jailed İstanbul mayor hit with fresh charges of ‘political espionage’
Prosecutors have filed new charges of “political espionage” against jailed İstanbul Mayor Ekrem İmamoğlu, deepening a months-long legal saga that has already kept the...
Some 32,000 Turkish citizens have entered the US through Mexico since 2020
A total of 31,485 Turkish citizens fleeing Turkey have entered the United States via the Mexican border since 2020, Voice of America (VOA) Turkish service reported,...
Over half a million Syrians have returned home from Turkey: Ankara
Some 550,000 Syrian refugees in Turkey have returned home following the fall of Bashar al-Assad last December, Turkish Interior Minister Ali Yerlikaya said on...
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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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This report focuses on how the Turkish government, under President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, has used family punishment against his opponents.
Sippenhaft, also known as...