138 detained due to ‘provocative’ posts about earthquakes
Turkish prosecutors have detained 138 social media users to date due to “provocative” posts on social media about powerful earthquakes that hit the country’s...
Opposition leader asks Turkish officer who threatened Uyghurs with deportation, ‘Are you the Chinese...
“Are you the Chinese police oppressing our Uyghur brothers?” Ali Babacan, leader of the opposition Democracy and Progress Party (DEVA), said in a social...
Turkish prosecutor launches investigation into a 4-year-old girl
A Turkish prosecutor has launched a scandalous investigation into a 4-year-old Turkish girl in Erzurum province. According to an official document the Stockholm Center...
Nearly 2,000 workers have died in occupational accidents in 2023: İSİG
Turkey has recorded at least 1,772 deaths in work-related accidents in the first 11 months of 2023, the Artı Gerçek news website reported, citing...
Inmate on hunger strike kept in unsanitary conditions in hospital, lawyers say
Sibel Balaç, an inmate in Ankara’s Sincan Prison who has been staging a hunger strike since December 2021, is being kept in unsanitary and...
Turkey is responsible for rights abuses, ‘potential war crimes’ in north Syria: HRW
Turkey bears responsibility for human rights abuses and violations of land and property rights in swaths of northern Syria it controls alongside its proxies,...
20 Iranian women detained in İstanbul at protest over death of Mahsa Amini
Turkish police detained 20 Iranian women in İstanbul for staging a demonstration in a prohibited area in protest of the death of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini,...
Turkish court orders Kurdish politician to pay damages to pro-gov’t paramilitary network over ‘insult’
A Turkish court has ordered Kurdish politician and former member of parliament Sebahat Tuncel to pay damages to a paramilitary organization with alleged ties...
Turkey detains 139 for allegedly planning terrorist attacks during Nevruz celebrations
Turkish security forces have detained 139 people in 15 provinces across the country for allegedly planning terrorist attacks to be carried out during Nevruz...
8-year-old refugee boy hospitalized after leg is mangled at work
An 8-year-old Afghan refugee boy was hospitalized in Turkey's western Kırklareli province after his leg was mangled by a piece of equipment at work...
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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.
Drawing on opinions of...
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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...