Rear handcuffing of detainees accused of supporting families of political prisoners sparks outcry
Rear handcuffing of detainees who were accused of supporting families of prisoners jailed over alleged Gülen links sparked outcry among human rights defenders, Turkish...
Prosecutor appointed to handle complaint about top court members over jailed MP decision
The Chief Public Prosecutor’s Office at Turkey’s Supreme Court of Appeals has appointed a prosecutor to process a criminal complaint filed by a chamber...
Turkish gov’t uses TRT as a weapon to spread its censorship to YouTube: report
After taking full control of traditional media, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan began silencing dissenting voices on YouTube through Turkey's public broadcaster TRT, who...
In a first, Kurdish mayors removed from office are reinstated in Turkey
The co-mayors of a district in a predominantly Kurdish province in eastern Turkey who had been removed from office earlier this year have been...
The Year in Review: Crackdown on the Kurdish Political Movement
The Turkish government continued its efforts to criminalize the Kurdish political movement with a view to weakening the pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP), Turkey’s...
Turkey’s top court annuls controversial law punishing ‘crimes committed on behalf of an organization’
Turkey’s Constitutional Court has annulled Article 220 § 6 of the Turkish Penal Code, a controversial law that punished individuals for committing crimes on...
Turkey sentenced 23 journalists to over 100 years in prison in 2020: report
Turkish courts handed down sentences totaling 103 years to 23 journalists in 2020, according to the “BİA Media Monitoring Report 2020,” Turkish Minute reporting,...
Turkey tightens internet censorship, bans access to 16 VPN providers
Turkey’s Information and Communications Technologies Authority (BTK) has banned access to 16 VPN providers that are frequently used to circumvent government censorship, Turkish Minute...
Uyghurs continue their protest in Ankara amid accusations of systematic rape in Xinjiang camps
Uyghurs living in Turkey are continuing their protest outside the Chinese Embassy in Ankara, demanding information on family members held at internment camps in...
Teacher jailed on Gülen links dies of heart failure after medical release
Mehmet Burhan, a teacher who is serving a sentence on conviction of links to the faith-based Gülen movement, died of heart failure two months...
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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...