Turkey ordered detention of 99 people over alleged Gülen links in a week
Turkish prosecutors have over the past week ordered the detention of 99 people due to alleged links to the Gülen movement, according to local...
80-year-old Kurdish man dies of heart attack during trial
İbrahim Akbaba, an 80-year-old Kurdish man, died of a heart attack on Saturday in Edirne F Type Prison.
Akbaba, a Kurdish citizen who was accused...
Turkey seeks legislation to prevent exiled dissidents from claiming damages in its courts
Turkey’s Justice Ministry is seeking to amend a law that allows anyone with legal capacity to file a lawsuit in the country, either personally...
Authoritarian trends consolidated, rule of law has further deteriorated in Turkey: German think tank
Authoritarian trends observed in Turkey in the last decade have been consolidated, while the rule of law has further deteriorated in the country, Turkish...
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Dehumanizing a Legacy: How Fethullah Gülen’s Death Triggered a Campaign of Hate Speech in...
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Sippenhaft, also known as...
Human Rights in Turkey: 2023 in Review
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