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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...

Turkish teacher jailed over alleged Gülen links recounts losing wife and son while fleeing...

A former Turkish teacher imprisoned over alleged links to the Gülen movement has spoken publicly for the first time about losing his wife and...

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Turkey’s Constitutional Court rejects challenge seeking independent civil registry records for married women

Turkey’s Constitutional Court has rejected a challenge on grounds of equality to a provision putting married women in their husbands’ family registries, a rule...

52 police officers died by suicide in Turkey in first 7 months of 2026

Fifty-two police officers in Turkey died by suicide in the first seven months of 2026, amid persistent concerns over long working hours, workplace harassment,...

Turkey’s prison population hits 433,520, exceeding capacity by nearly 129,000

Turkey’s prison population has reached 433,520, exceeding the official capacity by 128,564 and pushing occupancy to about 142 percent, according to Justice Ministry data....

Cancer patient imprisoned over Gülen links goes 5 months without treatment

A cancer patient imprisoned over alleged links to the faith-based Gülen movement has gone five months without treatment, while delays in a medical assessment...

Scores of miners detained while protesting unpaid wages outside Turkey’s energy ministry

Miners from silver producer Eti Gümüş and coal-mining company Doruk Mining were detained in Ankara on Monday while protesting unpaid wages, severance claims and...

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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...

Human Rights in Turkey: 2023 in Review

Download PDF This report highlights the most important developments in the area of human rights in Turkey during the year 2023. The May 2023 re-election of...
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