Christian, Jewish, Alevi and Yazidi communities face ongoing discrimination in Turkey: report
A new global report says religious minorities in Turkey face growing hostility, citing hate speech, attacks on houses of worship and policies favoring the...
Turkish gov’t issues detention warrants for 135 people, military officers over links to Gülen...
Turkish government has issued detention warrants for 135 people, including dozens of military officers over their alleged links to the Gülen movement on Wednesday.
Prosecutors...
30,8 percent of Turkish youth neither working nor studying
Eurostat’s latest survey on young people neither in employment nor in education or training (NEET) has revealed that 30,8 percent of Turkish youth between...
Gergerlioğlu raises questions about allegations of misconduct in Antalya prison
Human rights defender and Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) deputy Ömer Faruk Gergerlioğlu has posed a parliamentary question to the justice minister about allegations of...
UN human rights chief calls for freeing of political prisoners amid coronavirus pandemic
While the Turkish government has excluded political prisoners from a recently proposed amnesty bill, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet called on...
Jailed Kurdish leader’s wife sentenced to prison for ‘counterfactual’ health report
Başak Demirtaş, the wife of jailed Kurdish leader Selahattin Demirtaş, has been handed down a prison sentence of two-and-a-half years for “obtaining a health...
Turkey’s ruling bloc rejects inquiry into officials’ wealth amid growing corruption debate
Turkey's parliament on Wednesday voted down a proposal to investigate unusual gains in wealth among senior officials and politicians who have served under the...
Turkish government building 228 new prisons
The Turkish Ministry of Justice plans to build 228 new prisons with a capacity of 137,687 in the next five years, Gazete Duvar reported.
In...
Turkish singer Mabel Matiz faces travel ban in obscenity probe over song lyrics
Turkish prosecutors have imposed a travel ban on pop singer and songwriter Mabel Matiz as part of an obscenity investigation into one of his...
Military officer candidate in Turkey asked about Qur’an and Gezi Protests
Amid criticism that Turkish autocratic President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan used a controversial coup attempt as an opportunity to turn NATO’s second biggest army into...
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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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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...