Severely disabled man among hundreds detained in nationwide crackdown on Gülen movement
A severely disabled man was among hundreds detained on Tuesday in a sweeping crackdown targeting real or perceived members of the faith-based Gülen movement,...
Boğaziçi University retaliates against graduate over gov’t-appointed rector protest
A graduate of Istanbul's prestigious Boğaziçi University had his master's program acceptance revoked and was banned from campus after protesting the university's government-appointed rector...
UN report warns Turkey likely to face serious drought by 2030, urges immediate gov’t...
A recent report prepared the United States National Drought Mitigation Center for the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification warned that Turkey would face a serious drought by...
Turkish authorities detain 6, including former police chief, over harrowing murder of young woman
Turkish authorities on Tuesday morning detained six people, including a former police chief, in connection with the murder of a 21-year-old woman in Istanbul,...
[INTERVIEW] Governments’ use of digital technologies to threaten dissidents abroad creates climate of fear, oppression...
Dr. Marcus Michaelsen, senior researcher at the University of Toronto-based Citizen Lab, said in an interview with the Stockholm Center for Freedom (SCF) that understanding...
Turkish court upholds prison sentence for father seeking justice in daughter’s death
Turkey’s Supreme Court of Appeals has upheld a prison sentence handed down to the father of Rabia Naz Vatan, an 11-year-old girl whose suspicious...
Lawyer exposes alarming conditions in Istanbul’s notorious Silivri Prison
A lawyer has exposed alarming conditions inside Istanbul’s Silivri Prison, known for housing a large number of political prisoners, where inmates have been suffering a severe bedbug...
Germany investigates Turkish consulate employee, police officer over suspected espionage
German federal prosecutors have launched an investigation into a Turkish Consulate employee and a police officer of Turkish descent on suspicion of spying for...
LeMan magazine editor detained at İstanbul Airport over controversial cartoon
Aslan Özdemir, the managing editor of Turkish satirical magazine LeMan, was detained at İstanbul Airport on Friday as part of an ongoing investigation into...
Ankara’s account of 2016 coup false, top general framed, say ex-air force officers in...
A new documentary featuring former Turkish Air Force officers disputes the official account of a coup attempt in Turkey on July 15, 2016 and...
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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...
Women’s rights in Turkey: 2025 in Review
The state of women’s rights in Turkey showed no meaningful improvement in 2025, as longstanding problems persisted and new challenges emerged. Femicides, institutional failures...
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...