European Court of Human Rights questions Turkey on judges, prosecutors under arrest
The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has addressed a series of questions to the Turkish government due to applications lodged by former judges...
1 in 4 adults in Turkey subjects of prosecution in 2018
Over 13 million Turkish citizens, roughly 25 percent of the entire adult population, were the subjects of prosecution in 2018, amounting to an increase...
Supreme appeals court member sentenced for lending money to a colleague
Former member of Turkey's Supreme Court of Appeals Süleyman Pehlivan, who was sentenced to thirteen-and-a-half years on terrorism charges, has been confined to a...
Turkey’s national carrier to stop offering Armenian weekly to passengers
Turkey’s national carrier Turkish Airlines (THY) will no longer offer Armenian weekly newspaper Agos to its customers at the international terminal in İstanbul, Turkish...
Pregnant woman jailed over Gülen links subjected to torture: rights activist
A woman who was five months into her pregnancy when she was arrested due to her alleged links to the Gülen movement was subjected...
74 ex-Turkish pilots receive life sentences for alleged role in abortive coup
Seventy-four former Turkish pilots on Thursday received life sentences on charges of attempting to overthrow the government in a trial related to a 2016...
United Nations calls on Turkey to release 2 Gülen-linked individuals kidnapped from Malaysia
Turkey must release two men detained over suspected links to a cleric blamed for a 2016 coup attempt and pay them compensation for arbitrary...
Scientist Gölge unable to return NASA due to imposition of travel ban
Serkan Gölge, a Turkish-American scientist imprisoned in Turkey for nearly three years due to his alleged links to the Gülen movement, was released from...
Ex-diplomats subjected to severe torture, says deputy
Some 20 former employees of the Turkish Foreign Ministry who were among 100 detained last week as part of an investigation into alleged cheating...
Turkish woman returned to prison with newborn 4 days after birth
Hatice Şahnaz, in pretrial detention on charges of alleged links to the Gülen movement, was put back behind bars in southern Turkey a few...
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Turkey’s Post-Coup Crackdown, 10 Years On: A Decade’s Legacy
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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...
UN Findings on Turkey’s Crackdown on the Gülen Movement: Widespread and Systematic Rights Violations...
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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...