Greece arrests 5 border police on suspicion of working with smugglers: report
Greece has arrested five police officers from a special border guard force on suspicion of working with smugglers to help migrants cross into the...
Turkey arrests Kurdish journalist on terrorism charges
A court in southeastern Turkey has ruled for the arrest of journalist Selamet Turan, who was detained last week, the Mezopotamya news agency reported...
Family of inmate who died following surgery not allowed to see his body: İHD...
Eren Keskin, co-chair of the Human Rights Association (İHD), has announced that doctors have confirmed the brain death of sick inmate Ergün Akdoğan, who...
Twitter account of Turkish-American organization linked to Erdoğan suspended for targeting Enes Kanter
Twitter on Thursday suspended the account of the Turkish-American National Steering Committee (TASC), a diaspora organization known for its close ties to Turkey’s president,...
Local Kurdish politician in SE Turkey killed in attack
Ahmet Gün, an executive of the pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Equality and Democracy Party (DEM), was killed Monday morning by unidentified gunmen in the southeastern province...
Turkey saw 1,616 gun deaths in first 9 months of 2023: NGO
More than 1,600 people in Turkey died in gun-related incidents the first nine months of 2023, the Mezopotamya news agency reported on Thursday, citing...
Teachers fleeing Ankara’s crackdown to be deported to Bulgaria by Germany, fear possible extradition...
A German court has rejected the asylum applications of two Turkish teachers who worked for schools affiliated with the Gülen movement in Vietnam, ruling...
8 people face up to 15 years in prison for aiding families of post-coup...
An indictment drafted by Turkish prosecutors seeks a prison sentence of between seven-and-a-half and 15 years for eight people who were arrested in the...
Turkey blocked over 219,000 URLs in 2023: report
Turkey banned access to 219,059 URLs in 2023, according to the Free Web Turkey 2023 Internet Censorship Report released on Friday.
The report highlights that...
Turkey records 6 femicides in a single day
Men killed six women and severely injured one other across Turkey on Tuesday, the Evrensel newspaper reported.
The femicides were reported from Denizli, İzmir, İstanbul,...
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New report exposes widespread, systematic rights violations in Turkey’s crackdown on the Gülen movement
STOCKHOLM— The Stockholm Center for Freedom today released a new report, “UN Findings on Turkey’s Crackdown on the Gülen Movement: Widespread and Systematic Rights...
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...