Erdoğan supporters discuss on Clubhouse how to exterminate political prisoners, suggest putting poison in...
Audio records of a chatroom on social media app Clubhouse reveal a conversation among supporters of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on how to...
Turkish prosecutors ordered detention of 183 people over alleged Gülen links in a week
Turkish prosecutors have over the past week ordered the detention of 183 people including teachers, lawyers, engineers, former civil servants, academics and active duty...
Former diplomats detained in Turkey, leading to fears of another round of torture
Turkish authorities on Friday ordered the detention of 29 former diplomats due to their alleged links to the Gülen movement, leading to fears of...
Turkey orders detention of 20 over alleged Gülen links
Turkish prosecutors on Tuesday ordered the detention of 20 people due to alleged links to the Gülen movement, according to Turkish media reports.
As part...
Turkey’s witch hunt of critics reached to Belarus
Turkey’s relentless campaign to hunt down critics of President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan abroad was carried out in Belarus by Turkish diplomats, judicial documents obtained...
108 Turkish journalists appeared in court in February: report
A total of 108 journalists appeared at court hearings in February, while three journalists were newly charged and three were arrested, according to the...
9-year-old Turkish girl drowns while trying to cross Evros River
Nine-year-old Nurefşan Teke drowned on Thursday while trying to cross the Evros River with her mother Neslihan in order to reunite with her father,...
4 men accused of sexual assault released by court despite forensic evidence supporting allegations
A Turkish court released four men accused of sexually assaulting a woman despite forensic evidence strongly supporting the allegations, once again raising concerns that...
Meta to temporarily shut down Threads platform in Turkey
Meta Platforms Inc said it is temporarily shutting down its social networking platform Threads in Turkey as of April 29 in order to comply...
50 British MPs call for UK gov’t to stand up against human rights violations...
Fifty members of the British parliament last Thursday sent a letter to Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab voicing their concerns about the deterioration of human...
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Turkey’s Post-Coup Crackdown, 10 Years On: A Decade’s Legacy
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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...
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This report analyzes UN findings on Turkey’s post-2016 counterterrorism measures targeting people with alleged links to the faith-based Gülen movement.
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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
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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
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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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Family Punishment in Turkey: How Erdoğan Uses the Nazi Practice of Sippenhaft
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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...