Turkish gov’t issues detention warrants for 88 more military personnel over Gülen links
The Amasya and Muğla chief prosecutor’s offices have issued detention warrants for 88 soldiers of various ranks as part of a witch-hunt targeting people...
Turkish gov’t closed 2,274 Gülen-linked private educational institutions since coup attempt
Turkish Education Minister İsmet Yılmaz has announced that the government has closed 2,274 educational institutions since a failed coup attempt on July 15, 2016,...
Turkish PM confirms Paradise Papers documents: Nothing was a secret
Turkish Prime Minister Binali Yıldırım on Tuesday confirmed documents concerning his family published by the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ) on Nov. 5,...
Turkey’s autocratic President Erdoğan admits trapping Gülen movement people
Turkish autocratic President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan admitted on Tuesday that people sympathetic to the Gülen movement have been trapped in Turkey, saying intelligent people...
Turkey’s pro-Erdoğan thugs launch a campaign of insult targeting those who have to live...
Turkey's pro-Erdoğan thugs in abroad have launched a new method of systematic intimidation targeting the dissent people who have to live in exile because...
CHP report reveals the stigmata of degeneracy among Turkish society
A report released by Turkey's main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) deputy revealed that the disintegration of the society’s common value system undermines the...
Turkey sees at least 182 deaths from workplace accidents in October
Turkey has seen at least 182 deaths from workplace accidents on October and thus the death toll has reached 1,683 for the first ten...
Jailed Brigadier Arslan dies at a military hospital in Ankara
Jailed brigadier general Yavuz Ekrem Arslan, who was former commander of Manisa 1st Infantry Private Training Brigade, has lost his life in Gülhane Military Hospital...
Jailed Turkish philanthropist Kavala says arrested just after being targeted by Erdoğan
Jailed businessman, philanthropist and civil activist Osman Kavala said his imprisonment came just after Turkey's autocratic President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s words, implying that the...
Paradise Papers show Turkish PM’s sons involved in offshore holdings
Data released on Nov. 5 by the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ) on the offshore activity of current or former leaders of famous...
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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
The state of women’s rights in Turkey showed no meaningful improvement in 2025, as longstanding problems persisted and new challenges emerged. Femicides, institutional failures...
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...