Activists protest in Sweden for missing educator
Dozens of human rights activists gathered on Sunday in the southern Swedish city of Malmö to protest Ankara’s apparent sanctioning of enforced disappearances and...
Survey shows two-thirds of Germans against Erdoğan’s state visit
An opinion poll published on Wednesday by the Die Welt newspaper suggests that slightly less than a quarter of Germans support a planned state...
Turkey’s peace initiative with Kurdish militants has been ‘frozen,’ senior PKK figure says
Turkey’s new peace initiative with the outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) has been “frozen,” a senior PKK figure said on Thursday, warning that the...
Turkey’s planned remote-work options for women spark blowback from activists
The Turkish minister of family and social affairs in a social media post said her ministry was working on new regulations that would allow more remote-work...
Reform package making prosecution of child abusers difficult approved by parliamentary committee
The Turkish Parliament’s Justice Committee has approved a new judicial reform package which stipulates that instead of taking victim testimony, tangible evidence will be...
Exiled novelist Aslı Erdoğan: Turkey has a fascist regime like 1930s Germany
Turkish novelist Aslı Erdoğan, living in exile in Germany as she risks a life sentence on terror charges at home, thinks the writing is...
Turkey’s top commanders led 2016 coup, then sided with Erdoğan, ex-general convicted of failed...
A former Turkish brigadier general convicted over the operation to detain President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan during a failed coup in Turkey in 2016 told...
Top court again says jailed lawmaker’s rights violated
Turkey’s top court on Thursday ruled for the second time that the rights of jailed lawmaker Can Atalay, who was elected to parliament in...
Pregnant woman sent to prison over Gülen links despite regulations
Huriye Acun, a seven months pregnant former teacher, was arrested in the city of Konya on Wednesday and sent to prison to serve the...
Jailed former leader Demirtaş criticizes HDP for being stuck in ‘vacation mode’
The former pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) co-chair, jailed politician Selahattin Demirtaş, criticized his party for staying in “vacation mode” after elections on June...
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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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