Turkey’s Erdoğan and Pope Francis meet in Vatican as Rome locked down in tight...
Turkish autocratic President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan made the first visit by a Turkish president to see the Pope in the Vatican in 59 years...
Dutch government formally withdraws ambassador to Turkey over 2017 row
The Dutch Foreign Ministry on Monday said it had formally withdrawn its ambassador to Turkey, who has been physically barred from the country for...
Italian academics call on Pope to raise voice against Turkish President Erdoğan
As Turkish autocratic President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has made an official visit to the Vatican on Feb. 4-5, 2018, the Italian academics shared their worries...
Turkish authorities censor articles in TDV’s Islam Encyclopedia over alleged influence of Gülen movement
The Islam Encyclopedia of the Religious Affairs Foundation (TDV), which is affiliated with Turkey's controversial Directorate of Religious Affairs (Diyanet), arguably one of the...
Report shows Turkey’s protestant minority lives under threat
From hate speech on media to attacks on churches, Turkey’s protestants live under threat, according to a study by the Turkish Protestant Churches Association,...
Turkish gov’s goes on silencing critical people, censoring media, targeting peace defending
Turkish government's fight against free speech and peace defenders has continued full gear as new detentions come over social media content criticising Turkish military...
Turkish police torture two university personnel for weeks in Antalya over their alleged links...
Sedat Göçen and Ahmet Gödük, two former staff members of the International Antalya University, which was closed by a government decree issued under emergency...
Turkish gov’t detains 37 people over ‘promoting terrorism’ on social media
Turkish government has detained 37 more people across Turkey on Wednesday over allegedly taking part in an online smear campaign of the outlawed Kurdistan Workers'...
Family-wide persecution: Turkish gov’t keeps 7 members of Demir Family in prison over alleged...
A Turkish building contractor, who live in Fethiye district of Muğla province and was denaturalized as part of the government’s post-coup witch hunt of...
Turkey bans Kurdish footballer Deniz Naki from professional football
Weeks after reporting that his car was shot at on a German motorway, midfielder Deniz Naki, the Amed SK player who is a supporter...
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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...
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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...
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...