COMMENTARY — Who invented Turkey’s State of Emergency Commission?
By Ekrem Dumanlı
Those who could afford a legal battle against Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s post-coup crackdown knocked on the doors of the country’s...
Gendarmes beat, detain 16 during strike by union members
A strike at a food production factory in the Kemalpaşa district of Izmir on Tuesday escalated into gendarmes beating and detaining three union executives...
Police officer who crushed boy to death in SE Turkey walks free
A police officer who caused the death of a 7-year-old boy in southeastern Turkey last week with an armored vehicle he was driving has...
Turkish navy algorithm detects 4,500 allegedly Gülen-linked officers among 800,000 profiled
A Turkish officer who had previously developed an algorithm for profiling individuals for ties to the Gülen movement has scrutinized some 800,000 people, including...
Pictures of Alevi imams removed from cemevi during President Erdoğan’s visit
Pictures of Alevi imams were removed from an Alevi house of worship (cemevi) during a visit by Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, sparking controversy,...
Opposition MP questions role of public officers in enforced disappearances in Turkey
The role of public officers in the enforced disappearances of the last two years has been taken to the Turkish parliament by Filiz Kerestecioğlu,...
Amnesty International: Dissents being ruthlessly suppressed by Turkish gov’t in 2017
A report released by Amnesty International on Thursday reveals that critical voices and dissent were ruthlessly suppressed in Turkey in 2017 and that a...
NGO report on Turkey’s prisons highlights widespread mistreatment, rights violations
The Human Rights Association (İHD), one of Turkey’s leading advocacy groups, has released its 2023 report on prisons, stating that at least 23,899 rights...
Turkish prosecutors say 11,500 mistakenly investigated for ByLock use
The Ankara Chief Public Prosecutor’s Office on Wednesday stated that 11,480 GSM users were found to have been involuntarily directed to mobile phone application...
Erdoğan gov’t sharply cuts investment levels required for foreigners to acquire Turkish citizenship
The Turkish government led by President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has significantly eased requirements for foreigners to acquire Turkish citizenship in order to encourage investment, according...
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