Kyrgyzstan calls on Turkey to immediately return abducted educator İnandı
Kyrgyzstan on Tuesday called on Turkey to return educator Orhan İnandı, who was abducted by the Turkish Intelligence Agency (MİT), and take all necessary...
133 face detention over alleged Gülen links in ‘payphone investigation’
Turkish prosecutors have issued detention warrants for 133 people including active duty and former military officers as well as former military cadets due to...
Another purge victim dies by suicide in March
Mesut Karaboyun, 32, a former noncommissioned officer in the gendarmerie who was dismissed by an emergency decree as part of Turkey’s post-coup purge of...
Unidentified quake victims not included in Turkey death toll, opposition party leader says
Unidentified victims of a deadly earthquake that killed thousands in Turkey and Syria are not included in the death toll, said Ali Babacan, leader...
Refugees detained in dismal conditions in Turkey upon pushback from Greece
Turkish authorities have been detaining refugees who were pushed back from Greece in a rundown building under dismal conditions in western Izmir province, the...
Turkey’s confiscation of $50 billion from Gülen members constitutes crimes against humanity: report
A comprehensive report exposes the vast scale of property confiscations in Turkey targeting the Gülen movement, a faith-based group outlawed by Ankara, with an estimated value...
3 migrants dead after boat capsizes off Greek island
Greece’s coastguard late on Sunday said it had found three bodies during a search for survivors after a migrant boat sank off the eastern...
RTÜK fines 4 TV stations for airing politician’s remarks on Erdoğan ‘escape’ plan
Turkey’s broadcasting watchdog, the Radio and Television Supreme Council (RTÜK), has imposed a fine on four TV stations for airing the remarks of main...
6 detained in Turkish capital over ByLock use
Turkish police have detained six people in the Turkish capital of Ankara on charges of using the ByLock smartphone application, Turkish Minute reported on...
Court acquits 3 who put on a show atop gate of Armenian church in...
A Turkish court has acquitted three people who in July danced on the gate of an Armenian church in İstanbul, according to the Duvar...
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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.
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Weaponized Diplomacy: How Erdoğan Uses Turkish Missions for Transnational Repression
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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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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...