state of emergency

The Turkish government will at the beginning of 2023 terminate the operations of a commission it set up to examine complaints from individuals who...

The Human Rights Foundation of Turkey (TİHV) and Human Rights Association (İHD) have said in a joint statement that Turkey has become a place...

Deputy Chairman of Turkey’s ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) Numan Kurtulmuş has slammed a claim about the declaration of a state of emergency...

Recep Yaya, 35, a former teacher summarily dismissed from his job by an emergency decree after a coup attempt in July 2016, took his...

A new bill extending state of emergency rules for three years was approved by the Turkish Parliament’s Planning and Budget Committee on Tuesday, the...

A journalist known for his close ties to the Justice and Development Party (AKP) government has claimed involvement in the reinstatement of thousands of people...

“The press freedom environment in has not improved since the lifting of the state of emergency in July 2018. Scores of journalists remain behind bars...

Turkey’s Constitutional Court has annulled three controversial measures taken by the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) during a state of emergency declared in the aftermath of...

Turkey has prosecuted more than 1,500 attorneys, arresting 599 of them, on terrorism charges, since a 2016 failed coup, according to a newly released...

A commission set up by the Turkish government to look into complaints from individuals who were adversely affected by government decrees during a state of emergency...

Forty-six victims of Turkey’s massive post-coup purge of state institutions have committed suicide, according to a report drafted by an opposition deputy on the third anniversary...

Thousands of people who have been removed from their posts or jailed during a state of emergency declared in the aftermath of a failed coup in...