Turkey
US report highlights Turkey’s crackdown on Gülen movement after coup attempt
March 31, 2021
US report highlights Turkey’s crackdown on Gülen movement after coup attempt
A report by the US State Department regarding a series of “significant human rights issues” in Turkey has highlighted the…
HRW says time to focus on human rights in EU’s Turkey agenda
March 31, 2021
HRW says time to focus on human rights in EU’s Turkey agenda
Philippe Dam, advocacy director of the Human Rights Watch for Europe and Central Asia division, has called on the EU…
Turkey’s Ziraat Bank signs $400 mln credit deal with China Exim Bank
March 31, 2021
Turkey’s Ziraat Bank signs $400 mln credit deal with China Exim Bank
Turkish state lender Ziraat Bank has signed a $400 million loan agreement with the Export-Import Bank of China less than…
Turkey pulls out of landmark treaty protecting women from violence
March 22, 2021
Turkey pulls out of landmark treaty protecting women from violence
Turkey on Saturday pulled out of the world’s first binding treaty to prevent and combat violence against women by presidential…
Turkish nationalist fantasies and ‘enlarged Turkey maps’
March 20, 2021
Turkish nationalist fantasies and ‘enlarged Turkey maps’
Misvak, the most popular ultra-Islamist humor magazine in Turkey, published a map of an enlarged Turkey last week with a…
Prominent MP Gergerlioğlu expelled from Turkish Parliament over a 2016 tweet
March 17, 2021
Prominent MP Gergerlioğlu expelled from Turkish Parliament over a 2016 tweet
In a move that has created shockwaves in Turkey and the international community, the Turkish Parliament on Wednesday expelled a…
Turkey’s Human Rights Action Plan: “Makeup on a bedridden patient” – Expression Interrupted
March 13, 2021
Turkey’s Human Rights Action Plan: “Makeup on a bedridden patient” – Expression Interrupted
The pressure on dissidents in Turkey has spiked up in the aftermath of the2016 failed coup attempt. The country became…
Turkey’s human rights record makes rapprochement with West ‘impossible’
March 13, 2021
Turkey’s human rights record makes rapprochement with West ‘impossible’
Turkey’s poor human rights record makes a rapprochement with the West impossible, Simon A. Waldman, an associate fellow at the…
Opposition leader claims domestic violence increased in Turkey after İstanbul Convention
March 13, 2021
Opposition leader claims domestic violence increased in Turkey after İstanbul Convention
Temel Karamollaoğlu, chairman of the Islamist opposition Felicity Party (SP), has claimed that cases of violence targeting women increased in…
11-month-old baby forced to accompany mother sentenced to 9 years in prison
March 13, 2021
11-month-old baby forced to accompany mother sentenced to 9 years in prison
Yasemin Melizci, 29, who was arrested on terrorism charges for alleged links to the Gülen movement and was accompanied by…