CHP deputy questions Turkish university rector’s call to kill democrats
Ali Şeker, a deputy from Turkey's main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP), has questioned a call in an article written by Prof. Dr. Ahmet Ağırakça,...
CHP’s İnce asks if Turkish intelligence agency is tasked with following the opposition
Muharrem İnce, the presidential candidate of Turkey's main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP), asked on Tuesday if it is the task of the intelligence agency...
Turkish court jails Islamist woman who insulted Atatürk at mausoleum
A Turkish court on Sunday jails Safiye İnci, an Islamist woman who was detained by police after she filmed herself insulting Turkey’s founding father,...
The door of Alevi family marked with nationalist/Islamist phrases in İstanbul
The symbol of the Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) which is an ally for Turkish autocratic Islamist President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, was drawn at the...
Pro-Erdoğan journalist calls on assassins to take refuge in Turkey
In reaction to a decision on the part of Greece not to extradite eight Turkish soldiers who sought political asylum following a failed coup...
Father of Turkish soldier killed in Afrin turns out to be KHK victim
The father of Turkish soldier Abdullah Taha Koç, who was killed during an ongoing military operation in the Afrin region of Syria, has turned...
Turkish President Erdoğan’s ultra-nationalist ally targets journalists who ‘defamed’ his party
Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) leader Devlet Bahçeli, an ultra-nationalist ally of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, ran an advertisement in a number of newspapers...
Wiretaps reveal Turkey’s Erdoğan intervened in protests in Berlin against Armenian bill
Wiretaps of phone conversations between autocratic Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and Justice and Development Party (AKP) deputy Metin Külünk have revealed Erdoğan’s interference...
Turkey arrests pro-Kurdish mayor of Mersin’s Akdeniz district
Mehmet Fazıl Türk, co-Mayor of Mersin's Akdeniz district from pro-Kurdish Democratic Regions Party (DBP), was arrested by a Turkish court on Wednesday with charge...
Turkey second worst country in Europe for LGBTI individuals
A ranking by the International Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans and Intersex Association (ILGA) has put Turkey in the second lowest place in Europe in...
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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...
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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...