One in three Turkish children goes to school malnourished as poverty deepens
One in three schoolchildren in Turkey goes to class lacking proper nutrition, a stark sign of worsening child poverty that advocacy groups say has...
Press groups condemn Turkey’s media regulator over TELE1 blackout
Press freedom groups on Thursday condemned Turkey’s broadcast regulator for ordering a five-day blackout of the independent TELE1 TV station, saying the decision reflects...
Council of Europe congress urges release of Turkish youth delegate after Ankara visit
The Congress of Local and Regional Authorities of the Council of Europe on Friday urged Turkey to release Enes Hocaoğulları, a 23-year-old LGBTQ+ activist and its...
Turkey detains 41 in nationwide operations targeting Gülen movement
Forty-one people have been detained in nationwide operations in the past 10 days as part of a continuing crackdown on the faith-based Gülen movement,...
Turkey’s jails overflow as inmate population nears 420,000
The number of people held in Turkish prisons has risen by more than 16,000 since April, pushing the total inmate population to 419,194 as...
State-run dorm evicts 15 female students for participating in Istanbul protests
A state-run dormitory in Turkey's Mersin province has evicted 15 female students allegedly involved in nationwide protests against the detention and arrest of Istanbul...
Turkish authorities arrest YouTuber over filming content
Turkish authorities arrested street interviewer Özkan Bozkurt on Wednesday after he posted a video showing a person firing shots into the air during a...
Turkish court orders release of 6 jailed protesters in İmamoğlu protest case, but 7...
A Turkish court on Wednesday ordered the release of six people out of 13 jailed over a protest marking the 100th day of the...
İstanbul Bar marks judicial year with ‘Dark Year’ protest as top courts open new...
Turkey’s largest bar association unfurled a banner reading “Dark Year” at its İstanbul headquarters on Monday, using the first day of the judicial calendar...
Turkish women reveal sexual harassment as legal barriers to justice persist
Scores of Turkish women have come forward in recent weeks with stories of sexual harassment and intimidation following allegations against celebrity photographer Mesut Adlin,...
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Family Punishment in Turkey: How Erdoğan Uses the Nazi Practice of Sippenhaft
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Sippenhaft, also known as...
Human Rights in Turkey: 2023 in Review
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