COMMENTARY — Erdogan’s confidante who led armed Islamist group operating in Sweden via UETD
By Abdullah Bozkurt
Metin Külünk, a close confidante of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, is the man who is in charge of clandestine operations in...
Turkish gov’t detains 21 people in İzmir over social media posts
Turkish anti-terror police detained 21 people over social media posts in the western province of İzmir on Wednesday. The detainees, facing accusations over their social...
Lengthy prison terms handed down to Kurdish leaders draw global condemnation
An Ankara court’s verdict handing down lengthy prison sentences to dozens of Kurdish politicians, including imprisoned leaders Selahattin Demirtaş and Figen Yüksekdağ, has drawn...
23-year-old dies after being hit by Turkish police vehicle in Şırnak
Abdulgaffar Dayan (23) died on Wednesday after he was hit by an armored police vehicle in the southeastern province of Şırnak, the Mezopotamya News...
Assyrian priest in Turkey given jail sentence on terror charges
A Turkish court on Wednesday handed down a 25-month prison sentence to an Assyrian priest in southeastern Turkey on charges of aiding the outlawed...
University students spend night in park to protest high accommodation prices
A group of university students began sleeping in a park in İstanbul on Sunday to protest the high price of accommodation, while the Turkish...
Mother with 2 disabled children detained over Gülen links
Hatice Kökoğlu, the mother of a disabled son and daughter, has reportedly been detained in Kütahya province over alleged links to the Gülen movement....
Far-right party leader calls for closure of Turkey’s Constitutional Court
Devlet Bahçeli , the leader of Turkey’s far-right Nationalist Movement Party (MHP), has called for a radical re-structuring of Turkey's Constitutional Court or its...
CPJ calls on Turkey to release Iranian journalist amid fears of deportation
The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) on Saturday urged Turkish authorities to release Iranian journalist Kaveh Taheri and stop efforts to deport him to Iran, saying...
EU Commission: Turkey’s membership hopes at an all-time low
Turkey will receive the most damning evaluation yet of its European Union accession hopes, more than a decade after it launched its bid to...
Latest Reports
Turkey’s Post-Coup Crackdown, 10 Years On: A Decade’s Legacy
Download PDF
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...
Download PDF
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
Download PDF
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
Download PDF
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
Download PDF
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
Download PDF
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...
Download PDF
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
Download PDF
This report focuses on how the Turkish government, under President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, has used family punishment against his opponents.
Sippenhaft, also known as...