Tag: Deep State: Ergenekon
Arbitrary arrest and subsequent release of Ms. Nurcan Baysal
6th June 2019
TUR 002 / 0619 / OBS 047Arbitrary arrest / Release/Judicial harassmentTurkeyJune 6, 2019The Observatory for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders, a partnership of FIDH and the World Organisation Against Torture (OMCT), requests your intervention ...
Rape, waterboarding and electrocution of genitals in Turkey clampdown
24th May 2019
SHOCKING details of rape, waterboarding and electrocution by Turkish police in Halfeti have been heard in courtrooms as detainees were denied requests to be referred to forensics for examination. After her release late on Thursday, ...
Ankara’s realignment with Russia will cost Turkey more than it thinks
1st May 2019
Washington’s deadline for Turkey to abandon its plans to purchase the S-400 surface-to-air missile defense system from Russia is fast approaching, with little progress. Fiercely defending his purchase of the missile, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan ...
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Most observers of Turkish politics understandably are obsessed with the political power that President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has accumulated over the past 16 years. They focus exclusively on him and his autocratic tendency. But this fixation ...