More than one-third of children in Turkey faced poverty risk in 2025, official data...
More than one in three children in Turkey faced a risk of poverty or social exclusion in 2025, according to data from Turkish Statistical...
Kavala says Turkish top court decision a product of mentality that disregards law, human...
Prominent businessman and civil society leader Osman Kavala has described a top court’s decision to uphold his and four others’ conviction in the Gezi...
MPs from Council of Europe member states seek sanctions over Turkey’s failure to implement...
A group of 28 lawmakersof the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE), drawn from national parliaments across Europe, has submitted a motion...
Turkish airstrike on Kurds in Syria kills 20: monitor
A Turkish airstrike on Monday killed 20 Kurdish security personnel and wounded dozens at a training center for police in Kurdish-held northeast Syria, Turkish...
Turkey releases more than 500 May Day protesters detained in İstanbul
Turkish authorities have released more than 500 protesters detained at May Day rallies in İstanbul, Turkish Minute reported, citing Agence France-Presse.
Police on Friday broke...
AKP, MHP reject motion to investigate alleged corruption in Turkey’s judiciary
Turkey’s ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) and its ally, the Nationalist Movement Party (MHP), on Wednesday rejected a parliamentary motion filed by the...
Turkish union leader acquitted, released after 57 days in jail
A Turkish court on Tuesday acquitted labor union leader Mehmet Türkmen of spreading misleading information and ordered his release after 57 days in pretrial...
New Amnesty campaign urges Turkish authorities to end ban on Saturday Mothers protests
Amnesty International has launched a campaign to petition Turkish authorities to remove the ban on the weekly protest vigils of the Saturday Mothers, a...
CHP-run municipalities face new wave of detentions, arrests
Turkish authorities have detained five people in a new operation targeting İstanbul’s Beşiktaş Municipality, controlled by the main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP), while...
Turkey’s RTÜK sanctions TV station over criticism of ruling party voters
The Radio and Television Supreme Council (RTÜK), Turkey’s broadcasting regulator, has imposed a temporary broadcast ban as well as a fine on the Flash...
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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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Sippenhaft, also known as...