HDP lawmaker submits parliamentary question regarding underage inmates confined with adults in Maltepe Prison
Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) deputy Gülistan Kılıç Koçyiğit in a parliamentary question addressing the Turkish Ministry of Justice asked if it was true that...
Turkish courts sentence 1,760 defendants to life over their alleged role in coup attempt
Turkish courts have sentenced a total of 2,619 defendants to lengthy prison terms, including life sentences for 1,760 of them, in 204 out of 286...
Stockholm University panel urges Turkey to restore the rule of law
Turkey should restore the rule of law immediately to address massive human rights violations that are unprecedented in scale and magnitude, the audience was...
Turkish Supreme Court of Appeals president says femicide cases in Turkey exaggerated
President of Turkey’s Supreme Court of Appeals Mehmet Akarca said in a controversial remark on Friday that femicide was exaggerated in Turkey as the...
AKP deputy threatens BirGün daily journalist for publishing controversial video
Journalist Ismail Arı, who works for the BirGün daily, said on Twitter he was threatened by Justice and Development Party (AKP) lawmaker Ahmet Akay...
Police detain 12 women’s rights activists in southeastern Diyarbakır province
Turkish police on Wednesday morning detained 12 women's rights activists in southeastern Diyarbakırprovince after raids on their homes, Turkish media reported.
Adalet Kaya from the...
Turkey marks Youth Day amid widespread youth unemployment
Atatürk, Youth and Sports Day was celebrated on Thursday in Turkey, where 2.3 million young people are unemployed, corresponding to 41 percent of Turks...
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...
Asylum seeker pushed back to Turkey by Greek authorities speaks of intolerable prison conditions
Mehtap Karpuzcu (35), one of the refugees on a boat that was pushed back to Turkey by the Greek coast guard on August 16,...
Top court orders gov’t to pay damages to 166 for suffering from lengthy judicial...
Turkey’s Constitutional Court has ruled in favor of 166 people who had delayed access to justice due to lengthy judicial proceedings, ordering the government...
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During the year Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan continued to relentlessly pursue anyone with alleged links with the faith-based Gülen movement, which he described...
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Weaponized Diplomacy: How Erdoğan Uses Turkish Missions for Transnational Repression
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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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This report focuses on how the Turkish government, under President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, has used family punishment against his opponents.
Sippenhaft, also known as...
Human Rights in Turkey: 2023 in Review
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This report highlights the most important developments in the area of human rights in Turkey during the year 2023.
The May 2023 re-election of...