24 PACE members urge Turkey to release jailed deputies immediately
Twenty-four members of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) from 16 countries and 5 political groups has issued a written statement...
Washington Post: Erdoğan devoted half the 90-minute conversation with US ex-VP Biden to Zarrab’s...
Turkish autocratic President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan had demanded Reza Zarrab's (a Turkish-Iranian gold dealer who is about to go on trial on money-laundering and fraud charges...
COMMENTARY — Turkey has stolen the future of a medical student from Uganda
By Abdullah Bozkurt
We often focus on high-profile cases such as those involving lawmakers, journalists and human rights defenders in the Turkish government’s unprecedented persecution...
Turkey’s Erdoğan says US trying to use Zarrab as informer
Turkey's autocratic President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on Thursday said the US has been trying to use jailed Turkish-Iranian businessman Reza Zarrab as an informer,...
Turkey remands Turkish-German journalist Tolu in prison over terrorism charges
Meşale Tolu, a Turkish-German journalist, went on trial for terrorism charges in Turkey on Wednesday, saying she was innocent and demanding her immediate release,...
Amnesty calls on Turkey to release human rights defenders on 100th day anniversary in...
Amnesty International (AI) on Wednesday called on the Turkish government for the immediate and unconditional release of 11 prominent human rights defenders, including its...
Turkish family in Albania risk facing torture in new abuse case of Interpol by...
Another abuse of Interpol mechanisms by Turkey, this time reported in Albania, has stranded a Turkish family in the country as they try to...
Turkey, US on work to ease bilateral tension over detained consulate staff member
Turkey and the US are in discussions to try to resolve the spat over the arrest of a US consulate staffer in İstanbul, US...
Turkey’s Erdoğan vows to root out every single members of Gülen movement from Balkans
People affiliated with the Gülen movement will be “rooted out” from the Balkans, Turkish autocratic President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said on Wednesday in a...
German court releases MİT agent Sayan with 2-year judicial probation
A German court in Hamburg has decided on Wednesday to release Mehmet Fatih Sayan, who gathered information for Turkish National Intelligence Organisation (MİT) on Turkish...
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Turkey's campaign of transnational repression against critics abroad continued throughout 2025. Since a coup attempt in July 2016, President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s long arm...
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During the year Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan continued to relentlessly pursue anyone with alleged links with the faith-based Gülen movement, which he described...
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The Forgotten Victims: Children of Turkey’s Post-Coup Purge
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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
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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...
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This report focuses on how the Turkish government, under President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, has used family punishment against his opponents.
Sippenhaft, also known as...