British Parliament’s Foreign Affairs Committee: Gülen not responsible for the July 15 coup attempt
The British Parliament’s Foreign Affairs Committee (FCO) has stated on early Saturday that there was no hard evidence to prove that Fethullah Gülen or...
Report: Turkish airstrikes destroy archaeological site of Brad in Syria’s Afrin
A bombardment by Turkish fighter jets has reportedly destroyed the archaeological site of Brad, which lies 15 kilometers south of the northwestern Syrian city...
ECtHR to take up Cumhuriyet journalists’ cases on priority basis
The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has decided to examine on a priority basis applications filed by jailed journalists and executives from the...
Daughter’s grief highlights plight of ailing Gülen-linked prisoners in Turkey
A Turkish woman says she still cannot bring herself to visit her father’s grave one year after the 72-year-old Alzheimer’s patient died in custody...
COMMENTARY — Journalist thrown in solitary as Erdoğan’s latest scheme unfolds
By Abdullah Bozkurt
Faced with hard facts and bitter truths that exposed his corrupt Islamist regime, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has always found a...
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...
Family members of purge victim who died of cancer detained
Turkish police on Tuesday detained the wife and daughter of Associate Professor Ahmet Turan Özcerit, who was removed from his job, jailed and died...
Member of Turkish Court of Cassation in jail for 16 months due to false...
Ali Yıldız, a senior judge and a dismissed member of Turkey's Court of Cassation, has been kept in jail for 16 months due to...
Turkish authorities ignore medical report as chronically ill inmate continues to be kept in...
A chronically ill inmate at Ankara’s high-security Sincan Prison has been denied transfer to a facility better suited to his medical needs despite a...
Millions of Syrians must be able to return home safely: Turkish FM
Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan said more than half of all Syrians live outside their country and that they “must be able to return...
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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...