Turkish court rules to release Cumhuriyet journalists Şık and Sabuncu
A Turkish court on Friday evening decided to release Cumhuriyet daily Editor-in-Chief Murat Sabuncu and journalist Ahmet Şık while ruling for a continuation of...
Hamburg activists protest Turkish drone strike in Syria that killed media worker
Activists held a rally in Hamburg on Tuesday to protest the Turkish government over a drone strike in Syria that killed a driver and...
Azerbaijani activist Bayram Memmedov found dead in İstanbul
Azerbaijani activist Bayram Memmedov was found dead in İstanbul yesterday after disappearing for three days, Turkish media reported.
Friends of Memmedov had reported him missing...
Turkish President Erdoğan issues edict-like decrees reshaping institutions
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan issued new edict-like presidential decrees on Sunday reshaping key political, military and bureaucratic institutions as part of a transformation...
4 Turkish students allege abuse after nearly 3 months in pretrial detention for protesting...
Four Turkish university students who were held in pretrial detention for nearly three months for participating in a protest against a Syrian government offensive...
Jailed businessman Kavala on shortlist for Václav Havel Human Rights Prize
Prominent businessman and philanthropist Osman Kavala, who has been jailed in Turkey on politically motivated charges since 2017, has been nominated for the Václav...
Dismissed teacher reinstated 2 years after he died of cancer
Salman Taş, 57, a teacher who was fired from his job by a government decree without due process, has been reinstated two years after...
Turkey’s 2-year-old state of emergency ends, to be replaced by new anti-terror law
Turkey’s two-year-long state of emergency came to an end at 1 a.m. local Turkish time on July 19, 2018 amid the introduction by the...
Turkey blocks access to social media accounts of pro-Kurdish outlets, journalists
Turkish authorities have blocked access in Turkey to the social media accounts of several pro-Kurdish news outlets and journalists, the Dicle Fırat Journalists Association...
Documentary series sheds light on plight of child victims of Turkey’s purge
The Tenkil Museum, a civil initiative dedicated to sustaining the memory of the victims of Turkey’s massive crackdown on the Gülen movement, has launched...
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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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Throughout the year Turkey continued...
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Family Punishment in Turkey: How Erdoğan Uses the Nazi Practice of Sippenhaft
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Sippenhaft, also known as...