Turkey’s top appeals court overturns prison sentences of privates in 2016 coup case: report
Turkey’s Supreme Court of Appeals has overturned a decision by a lower court sentencing 14 privates to life in prison on charges of involvement...
Mistreatment, rights violations increase in prisons in southern Turkey following devastating earthquakes
Prisoners in the provinces of southern Turkey hit by devastating earthquakes on February 6 are facing increased mistreatment and rights abuses, according to lawyers...
Turkish police fire rubber bullets on Kurdish protest march
Police in southeast Turkey fired rubber bullets on a Kurdish protest march and physically assaulted a group of protesters that included members of parliament,...
Appeals court upholds sentences handed down to 5 journalists for reporting on intel officer’s...
A regional appeals court in İstanbul has upheld prison sentences handed down to five journalists over their reports on a Turkish intelligence officer killed...
Syrian businesses and homes attacked in central Turkey amid increasing anti-migrant sentiment
A group of locals attacked the houses, workplaces and cars of Syrian refugees in the central Turkish province of Kayseri on Sunday evening in...
Acts of torture, enforced disappearances in Turkey could amount to crimes against humanity, tribunal...
The judges of the Turkey Tribunal, a civil society-led, symbolic international tribunal, on Friday announced their verdict on recent human rights violations in Turkey,...
Teacher dismissed during Turkey’s post-coup purge dies while working as courier
A former teacher who was fired by a government decree after a coup attempt in Turkey on July 15, 2016 died on Sunday following...
Police officer convicted of killing teenager with armored vehicle given reduced sentence due to...
A police officer identified only by the initials S.K. was given a reduced sentence of four years, five months and 10 days for the...
Brother of young woman killed in police shooting dies by suicide
The brother of a young woman who was shot and killed during a police raid on her family home in 2015 died by suicide...
72 face detention over alleged Gülen links in separate investigations
Turkish prosecutors have issued detention warrants for 72 people including active duty and former military officers as well as former military cadets due to...
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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...
Human Rights in Turkey: 2025 in Review
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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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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...