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Turkey’s Post-Coup Crackdown, 10 Years On: A Decade’s Legacy

Download PDF This report examines how the sweeping measures introduced in Turkey following the coup attempt of July 15, 2016 evolved over the next decade...

UN Findings on Turkey’s Crackdown on the Gülen Movement: Widespread and Systematic Rights Violations...

Download PDF This report analyzes UN findings on Turkey’s post-2016 counterterrorism measures targeting people with alleged links to the faith-based Gülen movement. Drawing on opinions of...

[INTERVIEW] From Malaysia to a Turkish prison: Former educator recounts abduction by Turkish intelligence...

İsmet Özçelik, convicted on terrorism charges due to his alleged links to the faith-based Gülen movement, recounted the harrowing details of his journey across...

Past Gülen ties, not only arrest warrants, can prove risk in Turkey sufficient for...

A Belgian appeals court has recognized a former teacher from Turkey as a refugee, ruling that his past ties to the faith-based Gülen movement...

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Economists, journalists among 194 X accounts blocked in Turkey amid fund-market turmoil

Turkish authorities have blocked access to 194 X accounts, including those of prominent economists and journalists, amid turmoil in the country’s investment-fund market and...

Turkey’s religious authority investigates imam over support for jailed comedian Deniz Göktaş

Turkey’s Directorate of Religious Affairs (Diyanet) has launched a disciplinary investigation into an imam over a message expressing supportfor jailed comedian Deniz Göktaş, the...

Former soldier missing for 8 days surfaces in police custody

A former Turkish soldier who was missing for eight days resurfaced in police custody in Ankara, after his wife was jailed during his absence,...

AKP takes control of another İstanbul municipality amid opposition claims of pressure

Turkey’s ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) took control of another opposition-run İstanbul municipality on Wednesday after three council members elected on the Republican...

Political interference, prosecutions erode academic freedom in Turkey: report

Political interference in university governance, prosecutions of academics and restrictions on student protests continue to erode academic freedom in Turkey, according to a new...

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Turkey’s Post-Coup Crackdown, 10 Years On: A Decade’s Legacy

Download PDF This report examines how the sweeping measures introduced in Turkey following the coup attempt of July 15, 2016 evolved over the next decade...

UN Findings on Turkey’s Crackdown on the Gülen Movement: Widespread and Systematic Rights Violations...

Download PDF This report analyzes UN findings on Turkey’s post-2016 counterterrorism measures targeting people with alleged links to the faith-based Gülen movement. Drawing on opinions of...

Human Rights in Turkey: 2025 in Review

Download PDF This report highlights the most important developments in the area of human rights in Turkey in 2025, a year marked by continued democratic...

Weaponized Diplomacy: How Erdoğan Uses Turkish Missions for Transnational Repression

Download PDF This report reveals how the Turkish government has transformed its embassies and consulates into instruments of repression over the past decade. Once seen...

The Forgotten Victims: Children of Turkey’s Post-Coup Purge

Download PDF This report examines how children from families targeted in Turkey’s unprecedented post-coup purge have endured the devastating consequences of persecution, social exclusion and...

Human Rights in Turkey: 2024 in Review

Download PDF This report highlights the most important developments in the area of human rights in Turkey during the year 2024. Throughout the year Turkey continued...

Dehumanizing a Legacy: How Fethullah Gülen’s Death Triggered a Campaign of Hate Speech in...

Download PDF This report examines the surge of hate speech following the death of Fethullah Gülen, a US-based cleric whose followers have been systematically persecuted...

Family Punishment in Turkey: How Erdoğan Uses the Nazi Practice of Sippenhaft

Download PDF This report focuses on how the Turkish government, under President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, has used family punishment against his opponents. Sippenhaft, also known as...
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