Turkish Parliament extends state of emergency for 7th time
Turkey’s state of emergency was extended on Wednesday by three months for the seventh time as the Turkish Parliament passed a bill presented by...
Turkish gov’t jailed 77,081 people since controversial coup attempt in 2016 over alleged links...
The Turkish government led by President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan jailed 77,081 people between July 15, 2016 and April 11, 2018 over alleged links to...
Erdoğan announces Turkey to hold snap elections on June 24
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has called snap elections on June 24, moving the date up from November 2019 after a Wednesday meeting with ultra-nationalist...
Turkish captain suspended over links to Gülen movement allegedly commits suicide
Yet one more suspicious death has been added to the long list of suicides and suspicious deaths witnessed following a controversial coup attempt on...
Turkish gov’t furious over harshest report ever released by EU on Turkey
The Turkish government led Islamist President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan is furious over a report released on Tuesday by the European Commission that is the most critical...
Turkish gov’t detains 16 colonels over alleged links to Gülen movement
The Turkish government on Wednesday detained 16 colonels on active duty at the Turkish Air Forces Command and the Turkish Naval Forces Command as...
US President Trump in a tweet calls on Turkish gov’t to release Pastor Brunson
US President Donald Trump in a tweet on Tuesday urged the Turkish government to free Pastor Andrew Brunson, who has been jailed since October...
Kosovo bank reportedly freezes accounts of alleged followers of Gülen movement
As a new stage of persecution of Turkish nationals affiliated with the Gülen movement in line with the oppression of Turkish government led by...
Afghan-Turk school raided by Turkish diplomats, soldiers in Afghanistan’s Mazar-e Sharif
A group of Turkish diplomats led by Turkish Consul General Şevki Seçkin Alpay together with dozens of Turkish soldiers and Afghan military police officers...
EP’s rapporteur for Turkey: European Commission failed to send clear message to Erdoğan
Kati Piri, the European Parliament’s rapporteur for Turkey, on Tuesday criticised the European Commission for not sending a clear message to President Recep Tayyip...
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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...