Turkey issues detention warrants for 40, including 23 active duty soldiers over alleged Gülen...
The İstanbul Chief Public Prosecutor’s Office on Wednesday issued detention warrants for 40 people, including 23 active duty and 12 dismissed members of the...
Turkish gov’t prosecutes 226 people over social media posts in a week
The Turkish government has investigated 467 social media accounts and taken legal action against 226 users over the last week (Sept.3-Sept.10) on accusations of...
Turkish prosecutors drop probe into officials accused of negligence before 2015 Ankara bombing
Turkish prosecutors have declined to investigate police officials accused of failing to act on information about Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL)...
ICU patients left to die in undamaged hospital in quake-stricken Hatay: report
Authorities at a hospital in the southern Turkish province of Hatay, which was hit by two major earthquakes last year, allegedly left some 20 patients...
Turkish couple in exile protests enforced disappearances in front of European rights court
A Turkish couple living in Europe started a five-day protest on Wednesday in front of the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) to draw...
NBA star Kanter: I was with Gülen on coup night, he was as shocked...
Professional basketball league (NBA) star Enes Kanter wrote an article for Time magazine saying that he was with Fethullah Gülen at his home in...
Turkey arrests 4 over alleged Gülen links
A Turkish court on Wednesday ordered the arrest of four people in Çanakkale province over alleged links to the faith-based Gülen movement, the state-run...
Turkey’s CHP files criminal complaints against minister, governor over May Day ban
Turkey’s main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) has filed criminal complaints against the country’s interior minister, İstanbul governor and other public officials due to...
Turkey orders detention of 196 people over alleged Gülen links in a week
Turkish authorities have over the past week ordered the detention of 196 people including lawyers, former civil servants, active duty and dismissed military and...
Turkish opposition leader says CHP to keep bank shares despite Erdoğan comments
Turkey’s main opposition leader Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu said on Monday his Republican People’s Party (CHP) would not give up its shares in İş Bank, one...
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This report examines how the sweeping measures introduced in Turkey following the coup attempt of July 15, 2016 evolved over the next decade...
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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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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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Sippenhaft, also known as...