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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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Gülen movement group says Turkey’s revived death probes shield perpetrators

A US umbrella group for organizations inspired by the late Islamic scholar Fethullah Gülen on Monday accused Turkey’s government of reviving investigations into deaths...

European rights court questions Turkey over failure to reopen probe into 11-year-old girl’s death

The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has asked Turkey whether the parents of 11-year-old Rabia Naz Vatan were provided an effective remedy over...

Turkish pilot serving life over coup attempt says police threatened her with rape in...

A former Turkish Air Force pilot serving an aggravated life sentence over a 2016 coup attempt told judges she was threatened with rape and...

Journalist groups urge X to stop blocking news accounts in Turkey

International and Turkish journalism organizations on Tuesday urged X to reject vague or disproportionate blocking requests from Turkey, warning that restrictions on entire accounts...

Turkish journalist jailed over classified files she says were planted on previously seized hard...

A Turkish court has jailed journalist Derya Okatan over classified documents found on an external hard drive, although she denied any connection to the...

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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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