TİHV YouTube video reveals police mistreatment in Turkey
In a recently released YouTube video, the Human Rights Foundation of Turkey (TİHV) revealed that three of their female activists had been mistreated by...
Former military cadets severely beaten by guards in Turkey’s Silivri Prison
Former military cadets who are incarcerated in İstanbul’s notorious Silivri Prison for allegedly participating in an abortive putsch in Turkey in July 2016 were...
COMMENTARY – Erdoğan’s caliphate dream put in motion in Turkey
Abdullah Bozkurt
Further evidence was revealed in Turkey earlier this month accentuating the long-held ambitions of the corrupt President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan to steer the...
HDP lawmakers submit parliamentary question about pregnant women in Turkish prisons
Lawmakers from the Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) submitted a parliamentary question addressing the justice minister concerning pregnant women in Turkish prisons, the Bold Medya...
US includes Turkey among countries flagged for high risk of kidnapping
The US State Department has added a new indicator to its travel advisories to flag the high risk of kidnapping in 35 countries around...
Families complain of arbitrary restriction on drinking water in Istanbul’s Silivri Prison
Families of inmates in Istanbul's Silivri Prison, notorious for its high number of political prisoners, complained yesterday on Twitter that inmates' drinking water was...
Former teacher dismissed by post-coup emergency decree experiences discrimination in labor market
A former teacher who was fired by an emergency decree in the aftermath of a 2016 coup attempt in Turkey has said he is...
Former teacher arrested on Gülen charges says heating cut off in cell despite cold...
A former teacher arrested for alleged links to the Gülen movement told his family during a phone call on Tuesday that the heating in...
80-year-old Kurdish inmate dies of cancer in Turkish prison
Kurdish inmate Abdo Baran, 80, who was suffering from end-stage colon cancer, died on Thursday in southeastern Turkey's Mardin province after being denied release...
Turkish courts arrest 88,000 people over alleged links to Gülen movement since 2016 coup...
The Turkish government has investigated over 445,000 people and arrested some 88,000 as part of its massive post-coup witch hunt targeting alleged members of...
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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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