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• War crimes 22
• Witchcraft 2
• Women's rights 31
• Women-at-risk 19
• Work permits 1
• Yazīdī 13

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• Amnesty International - Turkey
• Council of Europe, Venice Commission: Constitutional Courts (Links)
• EurasiaNet - Turkey
• Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) - Turkey
• Human Rights Watch (HRW) - Turkey
• Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre (IDMC) - Turkey
• International Committee of the Red Cross - The ICRC mission in Ankara
• International Crisis Group (ICG) - Turkey
• Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) - Turkey
• Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) - Turkey
• ReliefWeb - Turkey
• UNHCR - Turkey
• United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) - Turkey
• United States Department of State - Turkey
• World Health Organization (WHO) - Turkey