Top court: Turkey jails 2,431 judges, prosecutors, dismisses 4,424 since coup
The Turkish government has arrested a total of 2,431 judges and prosecutors and dismissed 4,424 others since a controversial military coup attempt on July...
CHP deputy: New intel organization formed for profiling Erdoğan opponents in Turkey
Turkey's main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) Deputy Chairman Bülent Tezcan said on Wednesday that a newly established intelligence organization under the Turkish Presidency...
COMMENTARY — Erdoğan deliberately thwarts Parliament inquiries about ISIL in Turkey
By Abdullah Bozkurt
Turkey’s Islamist-rooted Justice and Development Party (AKP) government not only protects jihadist groups including Islamic State and al-Qaeda militants from the wrath...
Properties of 4 Turkish media outlets seized from gov’t critic up for sale
Properties belonging to four of the media outlets that the Turkish government seized under post-coup emergency rule have been put up for sale by...
Malaysia complains to Turkey for deporting suspected militants without warning
Malaysia has protested Turkey’s deportation of several suspected Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) militants to Malaysia without warning, Reuters reported on...
Erdoğan: Kılıçdaroğlu will pay for warning German tourists against travel to Turkey
Turkey's autocratic President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan slammed the country's main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) leader Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu on Tuesday for his recent remarks...
Turkish-Swedish writer detained in Spain upon terrorism charge and insulting Turkey’s Erdoğan
Hamza Yalçın, a Turkish-Swedish journalist and writer was detained in Barcelona upon an international arrest order from Turkey over alleged terrorism and insulting Turkey'e autocratic...
German delegation allowed to visit airbase in Turkey after NATO mediates
Turkish government allowed German defense commission team to visit their troops at the NATO base in Konya on September 8, after NATO mediated in...
Reactions mount to Turkish PM Bozdağ over his denial of massive twitter arrests
Deputy Prime Minister and ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) spokesperson Bekir Bozdağ has been criticized on social media for saying “nobody was arrested...
16 people including stallholder woman detained in Aksaray over alleged ByLock use
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Turkish police teams on Tuesday detained 16 people, including a stallholder woman in an Aksaray-based coup probe on accusations that they use a smart...
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Turkey's campaign of transnational repression against critics abroad continued throughout 2025. Since a coup attempt in July 2016, President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s long arm...
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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 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...