German Bar Association: No rule of law in Turkey anymore
The head of the German Bar Association (DAV), Ulrich Schellenberg, said the rule of law no longer exists in Turkey, warning German lawyers about...
İstanbul Mayor Topbaş resigns from post after dispute with AKP council members
İstanbul Metropolitan Municipality Mayor Kadir Topbaş announced Friday his resignation after 13 years of service. The resignation follows disputes in the municipality administration, after Topbaş...
Report: At least 30 female journalists detained, 16 of them jailed under Turkey’s rule...
At least 30 female journalist were detained under the rule of emergency declared in the aftermath of a controversial coup attempt on July 15,...
HDP deputies slam ‘Might of the Turk’ video shot in demolished Şırnak
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Pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) has blasted over a video showing that Turkish security forces demolished residential buildings in Şırnak province and using hate...
Evrensel’s Karataş, Sözcü’s Olgun released from jail by Turkish courts
Yusuf Karataş, a columnist of Evrensel daily newspaper, has been released from the jail by Diyarbakır 9th High Criminal Court on Friday.
Columnist Yusuf Karataş had...
Miss Turkey decrowned just hours after due to tweet on failed coup attempt
The winner of Miss Turkey 2017 was decrowned on Friday just hours after winning the beauty pageant, after a tweet she posted about the...
Syrian activist, journalist daughter murdered in İstanbul
Syrian opposition activist Orouba Barakat and her 22-year-old journalist daughter, Halla Barakat, were found early Friday morning with their throats slashed in their İstanbul’...
Erdoğanist journalist detained in Turkey due to report on MİT secretary
Ömer Turan, a staunch supporter of Turkey's autocratic President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, has been detained due to his report on Turkish National Intelligence Organization...
Turkey’s National Security Council says Iraqi Kurdish referendum illegitimate, unacceptable
Turkey’s National Security Council Meeting (MGK), which convened under Turkey's autocratic President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan ended late on Friday, has stressed that the Iraqi...
Turkish gov’t issues detention warrants for 33 more lawyers over alleged links to Gülen...
The İzmir Chief Prosecutor’s Office has issued detention warrants for 44 people including 33 lawyers on Friday as part of an investigation into İzmir...
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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...
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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...