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In Istanbul, Forced Evictions of City's Most Vulnerable
Besra, a single mother with a small child, returned from visiting her mother in the hospital to find her door broken in. Officials forced her to vacate her home immediately, throwing her belongings...
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Turk Bombings and Civilian Casualties in Northern Iraq
Iraqi Kurds hold up torches as they protest to denounce Turkey's latest bombing campaign on Kurdish separatist bases in northern Iraq. (Shawn Mohammed/AFP/Getty Images) In the early afternoon of August...
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Turkish Women's Escalating Crisis
Turkish women protesting on International Women's Day in Ankara on March 8, 2011. (ADEM ALTAN/AFP/Getty Images) Despite the activism of women’s groups in Turkey, violence against women has dramatically...
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Punishment Without Trial: Pre-trial Detention in Turkey
Ragip Zarakolu Years ago, Tom Lehrer sang “when correctly viewed, everything is lewd.” In today’s Turkey, one might well sing “when correctly viewed, everyone’s a terrorist.” How else do you explain...
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Turkey's Anti-Terrorism Law Tramples on Human Rights
© MUSTAFA OZER/AFP/Getty Images On December 3rd, demonstrations were held in Istanbul and 40 provinces of Turkey, protesting lengthy pre-trial detentions, mass custodies and arrests, and called for the...
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Who Really Murdered Hrant Dink?
Hrant Dink was shot dead outside his Istanbul office in 2007. © Private Five years ago, Hrant was gunned down in front of his Istanbul office by a 17-year-old Turk named Ogun Samast. Dink, an...
View Article"Kill All The Lawyers": Stifling Dissent in Turkey
Turkey’s jailing of writers has received increasing attention in both the Turkish and the international press, enough to force Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan to defend the fact that Turkey has...
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Turkey Passes Law to Stop Pervasive Violence Against Women
A Turkish woman with fake bruises stands with protesters holding placard reading ''end violence'' during a demonstration to protest against rape, killings and domestic violence against women, in Ankara...
View ArticleFreedom of Speech? Not if You’re a Turkish Student
Recently, a group of faculty set up a white board outside a prison in Northwestern Turkey and proceeded to give lectures. The students, unfortunately, were inside the prison and not allowed to attend....
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Kurdish Kids and Turkey’s Shameful Prisons
Turkish police arrest a Kurdish boy during a demonsration in main Kurdish city Diyarbakir on December 31, 2011 as they protest aginst a Turkish air raid. In 2010 the Turkish Parliament, reacting to...
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