Lawyers for Turkey’s jailed Kurdish presidential candidate apply to ECtHR
Lawyers for Selahattin Demirtaş, the jailed presidential candidate of the pro-Kurdish Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP), applied to the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR)...
Turkey plans new limits on lawyer visits for terrorism, organized crime detainees: report
Turkey’s Justice Ministry is drafting legislation that would impose time, location and security restrictions on meetings between lawyers and detainees held on terrorism and...
Erdoğan blames France riots on ‘institutional racism’
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on Monday blamed France’s nationwide riots on “institutional racism” and the country’s colonial past, Agence France-Presse reported.
The French government...
Spying by Turkish diplomats in Jordan triggered criminal investigation in Turkey, documents reveal
The Turkish government used its diplomats in Jordan to profile opponents of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and gather intelligence about them to help...
Turkey’s pro-government Habertürk daily to close down print operation
Turkey's staunchly pro-government Habertürk newspaper will close down its print operation on July 6 and go completely digital, according to a report by online...
Turkey investigates 168 signatories of secularism manifesto after Education Ministry complaint
Turkish prosecutors have launched a criminal investigation into 168 public figures who signed a manifesto defending secularism, following a complaint by the Ministry of...
Int’l NGOs concerned by UN’s failure to extend cross-border mechanism in northwest Syria
International and local humanitarian organizations operating in Syria have expressed concern about the failure of the UN Security Council to extend the authorization of...
Interior Ministry says no hate speech or crimes against Turkish Armenians occurred during Azerbaijan-Armenia...
Turkey’s Ministry of Interior said no attacks or hate speech targeting Turkey’s Armenian community occurred during last year’s clashes between Azerbaijan and Armenia over...
Turkish gov’t issues detention warrants for 346 military officers over alleged links to Gülen...
Turkish government issued detention warrants for 346 military officers, including many on their active duties, on Friday across Turkey as part of its massive...
Prosecutors launch probe targeting people who photographed İmamoğlu trial
Turkish prosecutors on Tuesday launched a second criminal investigation in as many days stemming from the corruption trial of jailed İstanbul Mayor Ekrem İmamoğlu,...
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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...
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Family Punishment in Turkey: How Erdoğan Uses the Nazi Practice of Sippenhaft
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Sippenhaft, also known as...