Ankara imposes 15-day protest ban as workers, veterans press rights claims
The Ankara Governor’s Office has imposed a 15-day ban on demonstrations and public gatherings across the Turkish capital as mine workers, veterans and relatives...
Amid disappearance of little girl, public figures highlight large number of missing child cases...
Amid the disappearance of an 8-year-old girl in southeastern Turkey’s Diyarbakır province, public figures have raised awareness of the large number of missing children...
Opposition MP calls for release of end-stage cancer patient jailed over Gülen links
A deputy from the pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) has called for the immediate release of Ayşe Özdoğan, a critically ill woman who suffers...
Imprisoned journalist Şirin Kabakçı: Raise your voices for jailed journalists in Turkey
Jailed Turkish journalist Şirin Kabakçı, who used to be the Konya bureau chief for the Zaman newspaper, Turkey’s most highly circulated newspaper before the...
Turkish lawyers allege torture, harsh confinement of detainees jailed before NATO summit
A Turkish lawyers’ association says people jailed following a wave of arrests ahead of NATO’s July summit in Ankara have been beaten, kept apart...
Turkish cartoonist faces prison over satirical COVID-19 cartoon
Turkish cartoonist Zehra Ömeroğlu has been on trial for four years on charges of “obscenity” over a cartoon she drew in November 2020 about...
Family of imprisoned former teacher with cancer say they are not given information on...
The family of former teacher Hakan Kanat, 40, who was arrested for alleged links to the Gülen movement, say they have not been able...
Turkish gov’t detains 88 people over alleged links to PKK/KCK
The Turkish Interior Ministry on Friday announced that 88 people have been detained in operations allegedly targeting the outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) and...
ECtHR faults Turkey over lengthy pretrial detention of 8 people
The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has ruled that Turkey violated the rights of eight people by holding them in pretrial detention for...
Torture victim says he lost his vision due to blows to head in police...
A torture victim who was detained as part of Turkey’s post-coup crackdown when he was a 20-year old university student has said he lost...
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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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This report analyzes UN findings on Turkey’s post-2016 counterterrorism measures targeting people with alleged links to the faith-based Gülen movement.
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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...