Crackdown on the Kurdish Political Movement and Opposition Groups: 2022 in Review
The Turkish government ramped up its crackdown on the Kurdish political movement in 2022 with a view to weakening the Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP),...
Turkish authorities detain 3 former civil servants due to Gülen links upon pushback by...
Three former civil servants who have been accused of links to the faith-based Gülen movement were detained in the western Turkish province of Edirne...
Crackdown on Gülen movement continues with detention of 20 amid devastating quakes
A crackdown on members of the Gülen movement is continuing with the detention of 20 individuals amid the devastation caused by twin earthquakes in...
Former academic takes own life, adding to list of former public servants to die...
A former academic who had been fired by government decree after a failed coup attempt in Turkey on July 15, 2016 died by suicide...
58 detained over alleged Gülen links in a week
Fifty-eight people, including teachers, businessman, active duty and dismissed military officers and former cadets, have over the past week been detained on warrants issued...
IFRC warns of presence of asbestos and its impacts in Turkey’s quake zone
The International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) has warned of the presence of asbestos in buildings affected by devastating earthquakes...
61 detained over alleged Gülen links in a week
Sixty-one people including students, doctors, teachers and former military cadets have over the past week been detained on warrants issued by Turkish prosecutors for...
Businessman illegally brought to Turkey from Iraq arrested over Gülen links
A Turkish businessman who was illegally brought to Turkey from Iraq by the National Intelligence Organization (MİT) has been arrested on terrorism charges due...
Kılıçdaroğlu vows to end the appointment of trustees to municipalities in Kurdish-majority southeastern Turkey
Leader of Turkey’s main opposition Republican People’s Party and presidential candidate Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu has promised to stop the practice of removing duly elected mayors...
Turkey’s top court refuses to annul transfer of Khashoggi murder trial to Saudi Arabia
Turkey’s Constitutional Court has ruled that a decision by an İstanbul court to transfer to Saudi Arabia of the trial in absentia of suspects...
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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.
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...