Turkish court ignores European rights court’s Demirtaş judgement
The Turkish criminal court that convicted Selahattin Demirtaş, the former co-chair of the pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP), for a speech he made on...
X account of creator of children’s YouTube channels blocked in Turkey after antisemitic backlash
The X account of a Turkish Jewish creator behind several major children’s YouTube channels has been blocked for users in Turkey following an antisemitic...
Man dies in custody after alleged police brutality
Serhat Kahyaoğlu, a man who on the night of Sunday’s local elections was detained in İstanbul for celebrating by firing a gun into the...
Syrians say they’re continuously blamed for economic crises in Turkey but can barely get...
Syrian migrants have said in comments to the Evrensel daily that they were continuously blamed for rising unemployment and economic crises in Turkey, but...
Turkey’s higher education board bans dissertations in Kurdish: report
Turkey’s Higher Education Board (YÖK) has prohibited students studying Kurdish language and literature at Turkish universities from writing their dissertations in Kurdish, Turkish Minute...
Dismissed Turkish civil servant dies after cancer goes untreated in prison until final stage
A Turkish civil servant dismissed under post-coup emergency decrees died early Thursday from colon cancer that reached its final stage while he was in...
Journalist investigated for covering stone quarry project close to residential area
Prosecutors in Erzincan have launched an investigation into journalist Duygu Kıt over her report on a project to construct a stone quarry in proximity...
Interior minister says 200,950 Syrians in Turkey have become citizens
Amid ongoing debates whether Syrian refugees in Turkey will be sent back to their homeland, Interior Minister Süleyman Soylu has announced that to date...
Turkish-German boxer receives death threat after critical remarks about Turkish-Islamic organization
An acclaimed Turkish boxer living in Germany received a death threat after voicing criticism of the Turkish-Islamic Union for Religious Affairs (DİTİB), one 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...
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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...
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...
Hate speech and hate crimes against Syrian refugees in Turkey
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This report focuses on the inflammatory rhetoric and illegal acts motivated by prejudice faced by refugees who fled the civil war in Syria...