Turkey orders detention of 52 people over alleged Gülen links in 2 days
Turkish prosecutors in two days ordered the detention of 52 people including teachers, health workers, former public officers, businessmen and active duty and former...
Turkey bans access to 136 websites, URLs
A Turkish court has banned access to 136 websites and URLs, including a Twitter account, news websites and blogs, at the request of the...
Living conditions of children in Turkey worsen during AKP rule: report
Children’s living conditions in Turkey have steadily worsened across all areas of life since the Justice and Development Party (AKP) took power in 2002,...
Jailed Turkish journalist, novelist Ahmet Altan calls indictment about journalists a ‘judicial porn’
Renowned jailed journalist and novelist Ahmet Altan harshly slammed the prosecutor who prepared a controversial indictment against him and other journalists in a court...
Turkish gov’t detains 63 people over alleged match-making among followers of Gülen movement
The Turkish government detained 63 people in 36 provinces across Turkey on Saturday over suspected match-making activities among alleged followers of the Gülen movement...
HRW urges Turkey to halt deportation of Turkmen activists at risk of torture, unfair...
Human Rights Watch (HRW) has urged Turkish authorities to immediately halt the deportation of two Turkmen activists detained in northern Turkey, warning that they...
Erdoğan appoints judge notorious for convicting dissidents as deputy minister of justice
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has appointed a Turkish judge known for convicting dissidents, including several senior opposition figures, as deputy minister of justice...
Turkey detains 4 Kurdish mayors who were removed from office
Turkish police on Monday detained four Kurdish mayors, including the chief executive of Turkey’s largest predominantly Kurdish city of Diyarbakır, after first removing them...
23 detained in new raids targeting döner restaurant chain seized over Gülen links
Turkish police have detained 23 people in a renewed crackdown on individuals accused of ties to a popular döner restaurant chain recently seized by...
Recent photograph from Izmir’s Şakran Prison reveals large number of children accompanying their mothers
A recent photograph taken in western Turkey's Izmir's Şakran Prison has revealed the large number of children who were made to accompany their mothers...
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Turkey’s Post-Coup Crackdown, 10 Years On: A Decade’s Legacy
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This report examines how the sweeping measures introduced in Turkey following the coup attempt of July 15, 2016 evolved over the next decade...
UN Findings on Turkey’s Crackdown on the Gülen Movement: Widespread and Systematic Rights Violations...
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This report analyzes UN findings on Turkey’s post-2016 counterterrorism measures targeting people with alleged links to the faith-based Gülen movement.
Drawing on opinions of...
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The Forgotten Victims: Children of Turkey’s Post-Coup Purge
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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...