Turkish gov’t prosecutes 208 people over social media posts in a week
The Turkish government has investigated 710 social media accounts and taken legal action against 208 users over the last week, the Turkish Interior Ministry...
Survey shows 38 percent of children live in extreme poverty across Turkey
Thirty-eight percent of children in Turkey lived in households suffering from severe material deprivation in 2016, an increase of 1,6 percent over the previous...
COMMENTARY — Europe braces itself for Erdoğan’s new push for the Turkish diaspora
By Abdullah Bozkurt
Ahead of both president and parliamentary elections on June 24, 2018, Turkey’s Islamist rulers led by President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and their...
Pro-Erdoğan columnist: More journalists to face investigation in Turkey
Journalist Cem Küçük, a staunch supporter of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, said on Monday that new operations targeting journalists were underway.
Küçük wrote in...
Turkish gov’t detains 532 people in one week over alleged Gülen links
A total of 532 people have been detained in the past week due to alleged links to the faith-based Gülen movement, the Turkish Interior...
Turks in South Africa fear abduction by Erdoğan gov’t over alleged Gülen links
“Yesterday we were sitting together, today they call us terrorists. Immediately overnight they changed,” said an obviously distressed Turkish national during an interview with...
Turkish courts sentence 604 military personnel to prison over alleged coup involvement in Ankara
More than 600 military members who were convicted in Turkey's capital of Ankara of involvement in a controversial coup attempt on July 15, 2016...
Abducted Turkish citizen subjected to heavy torture at Ankara Organized Crime Bureau
Ümit Horzum, a Turkish citizen who was abducted from his car in Ankara on December 6, 2017 and handed over to the Ankara police last...
Turkey’s Erdoğan puts bargaining chips on the table for two jailed Greek soldiers
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said in a live interview on pro-government NTV on Saturday that he might consider extraditing two jailed Greek soldiers...
President Erdoğan: Threat against Turkey comes from United States, allies
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on Saturday complained that the US and its allies are “supplying weapons to militants for free” while refusing to...
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During the year Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan continued to relentlessly pursue anyone with alleged links with the faith-based Gülen movement, which he described...
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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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This report focuses on how the Turkish government, under President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, has used family punishment against his opponents.
Sippenhaft, also known as...
Human Rights in Turkey: 2023 in Review
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This report highlights the most important developments in the area of human rights in Turkey during the year 2023.
The May 2023 re-election of...