Turkey’s media watchdog nixes TV broadcast to collect donations for quake victims
Prominent Turkish journalist Fatih Altaylı said Turkey's broadcasting watchdog, the Radio and Television Supreme Council (RTÜK), has denied his request to air a humanitarian...
Turkish authorities ban access to 340 URLs and websites
A Turkish court on Wednesday blocked access to 340 websites and URLs, including news websites, blogs and social media accounts, at the request of...
850,000 children in Turkey, Syria remain displaced by earthquakes: UNICEF
More than 850,000 children remain displaced in Turkey and northern Syria a month after devastating earthquakes struck Turkey in early February, UNICEF said in...
47 detained across Turkey for helping families of people jailed over alleged Gülen links
Forty-seven people have been detained in an İzmir-based operation that was also conducted in İstanbul, Ankara, Samsun and Muğla provinces for helping the families...
UN has raised a quarter of $1 billion Turkey earthquake funds target
The United Nations said Friday it has so far raised a quarter of the money it needs for relief work in Turkey after earthquakes...
Gender gap in Turkish parliament to remain, parties’ candidate lists reveal
The parliamentary candidate lists of 26 political parties for the May 14 general election have revealed that the gender gap in the Turkish parliament...
Alevi identity video garners record attention for Turkish presidential candidate with 106 mln views
Leader of Turkey’s main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) and presidential candidate Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu has garnered record attention by publicly talking about his Alevi...
31 detained over alleged Gülen links in a week
Thirty-one people have over the past week been detained on warrants issued by Turkish prosecutors for alleged links to the Gülen movement, a faith-based...
9 Kurdish journalists released following 7 months in pretrial detention
Nine Kurdish journalists, eight of whom were put in pretrial detention on terrorism charges in October, were released by a local court in Ankara...
Turkey’s LGBTQ community dread its future under Erdoğan rule
Turkey’s LGBTQ community fear being exposed to more homophobic hate after conservative President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan made them into his favorite target for his...
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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...
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...