Kurdish woman fired from job at Bolu City Hall for sharing photograph of imprisoned...
A Kurdish woman said in a letter to Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) lawmaker Ömer Faruk Gergerlioğlu that she had been fired from her job...
Turkish court upholds prison sentence for father seeking justice in daughter’s death
Turkey’s Supreme Court of Appeals has upheld a prison sentence handed down to the father of Rabia Naz Vatan, an 11-year-old girl whose suspicious...
Turkish Interior Ministry to file complaint against opposition mayor over anti-Syrian remarks
Turkey’s Deputy Interior Minister İsmail Çataklı on Wednesday said the ministry would file a criminal complaint against an opposition mayor in southern Turkey for...
Istanbul residents protest luxury housing project on one of last remaining disaster assembly sites
Residents of Istanbul’s Kadıköy district have been protesting plans to turn a 12,000-square-meter area designated for disaster coordination and assembly zones into a luxury housing project, warning...
74 minors among 298 detained during Nevruz celebrations in Diyarbakır: report
Turkish police detained at least 298 people, including 74 minors, during Nevruz celebrations on Monday in southeastern Diyarbakır province, Turkish Minute reported, citing the...
Turkey’s Crackdown on the Gülen Movement: 2025 in Review
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...
Erdoğan forcing TMSF to sell hundreds of companies seized over alleged Gülen links: report
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has been pressuring Turkey’s Savings Deposit Insurance Fund (TMSF) into selling some 700 companies seized by the Justice and...
Germany accuses alleged MİT agent of spying for Turkey, violating weapons law
A suspected Turkish agent is charged with spying on dissidents for Turkey’s National Intelligence Organization (MİT) and violating the weapons law in an indictment...
Turkey’s jailed rights defender makes final appeal before verdict
One of Turkey’s most famous prisoners appeared in court Friday for what could be his final hearing in a case that has come to...
‘They would’ve hanged me if they could’ Kavala says about his conviction
Businessman and rights defender Osman Kavala has said in his first statement after a recent verdict sentencing him to life in prison that he...
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Turkey’s Crackdown on the Gülen Movement: 2025 in Review
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...
Women’s rights in Turkey: 2025 in Review
The state of women’s rights in Turkey showed no meaningful improvement in 2025, as longstanding problems persisted and new challenges emerged. Femicides, institutional failures...
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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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 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
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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...
Human Rights in Turkey: 2023 in Review
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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...