168 Turkish journalists appeared in court in 3 months: report
A total of 168 journalists appeared at hearings in their trials in Turkey from April to June, according to a recent report prepared by...
2-month-old baby accompanies mother arrested for alleged links to PKK
A mother of three from northeastern Syria's Rojava province who was arrested for alleged links to the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) was accompanied by...
Sanctions imposed on Halk TV for coverage of Kurdish father given son’s remains in...
The Radio and Television Supreme Council (RTÜK), Turkey’s broadcasting watchdog, has imposed penalties on the pro-opposition Halk TV due to its coverage of the...
Asylum applications from Turkish citizens in EU saw 31 pct rise in June: Eurostat
There was a 31 percent increase over the previous month in the number of asylum applications filed by Turkish citizens in EU countries in...
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,...
More than 100 people abducted thanks to ‘intelligence diplomacy’: Turkey’s vice president
Vice President Fuat Oktay said in a speech in parliament that more than 100 people with alleged links to the faith-based Gülen movement, have...
Turkey’s ultranationalist party seeks ban on sex reassignment surgery
The far-right Nationalist Movement Party (MHP), an ally of Turkey’s ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP), is working on legislation that bans sex reassignment...
Retired general serving life sentence for role in 1997 postmodern coup dies in prison
Vural Avar, one of a group of retired generals who were imprisoned last year due to their role in a military intervention in Turkey...
Main opposition party mayor gets suspended sentence on Erdoğan insult charges
Halil Arda, mayor of the Gaziemir district of western İzmir province, was handed down a one-year suspended sentence for insulting Turkish President Recep Tayyip...
520 children under the age of 6 in prison with their mothers in Turkey:...
A total of 520 children under the age of six are accompanying their mothers in Turkish prisons, according to a report released on Tuesday...
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Turkey’s Transnational Repression: 2025 in Review
Turkey's campaign of transnational repression against critics abroad continued throughout 2025. Since a coup attempt in July 2016, President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s long arm...
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...
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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...