EU Commission wants to strengthen Bulgaria-Turkey land border with new capabilities
The European Commission wants to strengthen the land border between Bulgaria and Turkey with management capabilities, commission president Ursula von der Leyen said during...
Turkish police detain students protesting colleagues’ detention over rainbow flags
Turkish police on Friday took into custody dozens of students protesting the detention of fellow students for displaying a rainbow flag during another demonstration...
Turkish court sentences 84 defendants to aggravated life over their alleged role in coup...
A Turkish court on Thursday sentenced 84 defendants to aggravated life imprisonment in a major case concerning a controversial coup attempt on July 15,...
HRW calls on Turkey to stop prosecuting Kurdish language activities
Human Rights Watch on Friday urged Turkey to end prosecutions equating Kurdish language and cultural activities with terrorism, calling the practice discriminatory and an abuse of...
EU to host donor conference on Syria, Turkey quake aid
The EU plans to host a donors conference in March to mobilize international aid for Syria and Turkey following this week’s devastating earthquake, EU...
Turkey detains retired admirals over open letter criticizing government
Turkey on Monday detained 10 retired admirals after a letter signed by more than 100 of them warned against a possible threat to a treaty...
Turkish financial watchdog suspends stock market abuse article
Turkey’s capital markets regulator has partially suspended a directive related to insider share trading, it said in its weekly bulletin released on Friday, without...
Ex-police chief involved in graft probe targeting Erdoğan’s inner circle dies of cancer in...
Hüseyin Korkmaz, a former Turkish deputy police commissioner who played a key role in exposing corruption within the inner circle of then-prime minister and...
Battle to save lives in field hospital after Turkey’s earthquake
After being trapped beneath rubble for 180 hours, 25-year-old Abir is now fighting for her life in a field hospital after a catastrophic earthquake...
English PEN launches campaign to send solidarity letters to Turkey’s jailed Kurdish leader
English PEN, one of the world’s oldest human rights organizations that champions the freedom to write and the freedom to read, has launched a...
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Turkey’s Crackdown on the Main Opposition and the Kurdish Political Movement: 2025 in Review
Turkey's political opposition faced intensifying pressure in 2025, with the judiciary emerging as the primary instrument for targeting dissenting voices. The most far-reaching measures...
Torture, Ill-treatment and Prison Conditions in Turkey: 2025 in Review
Turkey's record on torture and ill-treatment continued to deteriorate in 2025, despite its commitments under international human rights conventions.
Throughout the year human rights organizations...
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...