İSİG: At least 2,006 workers lost their lives at workplaces across Turkey in 2017
At least 2,006 workers lost their lives at their workplaces across Turkey in 2017, according to a report released by the Laborer Health and Occupational...
Greek court to review decision granting asylum to Turkish military officer
A Greek court in Athens has agreed on Friday to review the Greek government's request to stay a ruling that granted asylum to a...
Ötüken Union Party, an openly racist/fascist political party, founded in Turkey
The Ötüken Union Party, Turkey’s first openly racist and fascist political party, was established on Dec. 20, 2017, according to a report by online...
French President urges respect for rule of law in talks with Turkey’s Erdoğan
French President Emmanuel Macron told Turkish autocratic President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on Friday that democratic countries had to respect the rule of law in...
Journalist Ünal’s request for release denied by Turkish court despite his 17 months behind...
A request by Ali Ünal, a former columnist of the now-defunct Zaman daily, to be released pending trial was denied by a Turkish court although...
Report: Erdoğan constructing new regime in Turkey by gov’t decrees under rule of emergency
Brussels-based Platform for Peace and Justice (PPJ) has released a new report and underlined that a new regime is being built by the Justice and...
Turkish gov’t detains, jails dozens of people over alleged links to Gülen movement
Dozens of people were detained by Turkish government on Friday over their alleged links to the Gülen movement across Turkey as part of its...
New case filed against Ahmet Şık over denunciation of Turkish state-run news agency informant
A Turkish court files of a new case against jailed investigative journalist Ahmet Şık show that the informant against him was a reporter for...
İstanbul Bar files complaint against Minister Soylu over his ‘break the legs’ order
The İstanbul Bar Association has filed an official complaint against Turkish Interior Minister Süleyman Soylu over his call for policemen to “break the legs”...
Alleged details of Paris killings of 3 Kurdish women by Turkey’s MİT exposed
Pro-Kurdish Fırat news agency (ANF), which is affiliated with the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK), has released alleged new details about Paris killings on...
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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
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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...