The test the ECtHR faces
By EREN KESKIN Agos Human rights activist and lawyer Eren Keskin has assessed the Perinçek v. Switzerland case heard at the European Court of Human [more >>>]
Turkey – Human Rights
ECHR Finds Kurdish Newspaper Right After 10 Years
BIA News Desk The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) found Turkey guilty of punishing former owner and editor of the daily newspaper Ülkede Özgür [more >>>]
IHD: 3,840 Detentions, 669 Arrests in Kurdish Cities
BIA News Desk Turkey’s Human Right Association (IHD) Diyarbakır Province Branch released an annual report on the human right violations in the southeastern Kurdish cities, [more >>>]
Turkey’s Politics of Fatigue
By ELIF SHAFAK* The New York Times LONDON — Before a recent interview in Istanbul, I was talking to the journalist about Turkish politics. After [more >>>]
Eren Keskin Sentenced to 10 Months Due to Article 301
BIA News Desk Çerkezköy 1st Assize Court convicted human rights advocate Eren Keskin to 10 months of prison due to Article 301 when she said [more >>>]
How foreign journalists become ‘spies’ in Turkey
By FEHIM TAŞTEKIN* Al MonitorBack in the days when Turkey was touted as a model for the Muslim world, boasting a booming economy despite the [more >>>]
Turkey’s President Accuses Advocates of Birth Control of Being Traitors
By CEYLAN YEGINSU The New York Times ISTANBUL — He has called women unequal to men. He has demanded that some high school students learn [more >>>]
Turkey’s media watchdog fines TV show for dance ‘against public morality’
Hurriyet Daily News Turkey’s media watchdog has fined a TV show 410,000 Turkish Liras for “immorality,” after it showed husbands dancing with other women while [more >>>]
The End of Turkey in Europe
By NATE SCHENKKAN, Program Officer, Eurasia Freedom House On December 17, 2013, Turkey woke up to mass police raids across the country. The chief executive [more >>>]
Black Sunday: The day Turkey detained its prominent journalists
Today’s Zaman The government-orchestrated crackdown on independent critical media outlets in Turkey took a turn for the worse on Sunday with dawn raids on Turkey’s [more >>>]