Turkish court imposes house arrest, travel ban on 3 YouTube journalists
Three YouTube journalists known for their candid street interviews who were detained on Sunday after police raided their homes were ordered to remain under...
Drone strike on Kurdish ambulance by Turkey-backed forces in Syria constitutes apparent war crime:...
A drone strike by the Turkey-backed Syrian National Army (SNA) on January 18 that hit a Kurdish Red Crescent ambulance in northern Syria is...
Turkish far-right group beat Afghan man and shared video on social media
A new Turkish far-right group shared a video on social media yesterday showing one of their members beating an Afghan refugee in an apparent...
650,000 people still living in container cities in Turkey 2 years after powerful earthquakes
Nearly 650,000 people are still living in container cities two years after powerful earthquakes struck 11 provinces in southern and southeastern Turkey on February...
Turkey’s Crackdown on Kurdish Political Movement: 2021 in Review
The Turkish government continued its efforts to criminalize the Kurdish political movement with a view to weakening the Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP), Turkey’s third...
Turkey detains 103 in operations targeting alleged Gülen followers
A total of 103 people have been detained over the past week in police operations that targeted alleged followers of the faith-based Gülen movement,...
Turkey ranks 3rd globally in requests for content removal from Twitter
Turkey was the third country, after Japan and Russia, that most frequently requested the removal of content from Twitter in the first half of...
Popular döner restaurant chain in Turkey investigated over Gülen links, 353 detained
Turkish police have detained 353 people as part of an investigation into a well-known döner restaurant chain in Turkey for alleged links to the...
AKP, MHP reject motion to investigate civilian deaths caused by armored vehicles
The ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) and its ally, the Nationalist Movement Party (MHP), on Tuesday rejected a parliamentary motion by the Peoples'...
21 women in Turkey fell victim to femicide in February
Twenty-one women were murdered by men in Turkey in February, while 16 died under suspicious circumstances, Turkish Minute reported, citing a monthly report from a leading...
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Human Rights in Turkey: 2024 in Review
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Throughout the year Turkey continued...
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Sippenhaft, also known as...