Turkey moves to detain 22, including active-duty and former military officers, over alleged Gulen...
The Ankara Chief Public Prosecutor’s Office has issued detention warrants for 22 individuals including active and former military officers, as part of ongoing investigations...
Journalists in Turkey faced assaults, detentions and trustee takeovers in October: report
Journalists in Turkey were subjected to assaults and judicial harassment in October, while media outlets faced increasing pressure from government-appointed trustees, according to the...
Disabled man convicted of Gülen links returned to prison after hospital discharge
An elderly man who is almost totally disabled and was jailed last week over his conviction of links to the faith-based Gülen movement has...
4 Syrian children die in İstanbul house fire
Four Syrian children, the youngest of whom was 1 year old, were killed Monday night in İstanbul in a fire that broke out in...
US ‘deeply troubled’ by ‘unjust’ conviction of Turkish activist Kavala: State Department
The United States was “deeply troubled” by the conviction Monday of a leading Turkish activist, calling his life sentence on controversial charges of trying...
Justice minister draws criticism, ridicule after praising Turkey’s human rights track record
Turkish Justice Minister Abdulhamit Gül has been the subject of criticism and ridicule on social media since he praised Turkey’s human rights track record...
21 teachers dismissed from their jobs in SE Turkey over ‘terrorist ties’
Twenty-one teachers who were detained in November 2020 as part of a terrorism investigation have been fired from their jobs based on a government...
Daughter of abducted former bureaucrat petitions ECtHR for missing father
Nursena Küçüközyiğit, the daughter of a former Turkish bureaucrat who has been missing since late last year, has filed an application at the European...
Turkish Parliament receives requests to lift immunity of 12 lawmakers, including opposition leader
Turkey’s parliament has received requests seeking to lift the legislative immunity of 12 lawmakers, including Özgür Özel, leader of the country’s main opposition Republican...
Erdoğan accused of stifling dissent with arrests of 9 who protested trade with Israel
The arrests of nine protesters for criticizing Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s ongoing trade with Israel on Monday sparked condemnation from opposition politicians, activists and...
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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...