1,004 judges and prosecutors under investigation in Turkey
The İstanbul Prosecutor’s Office announced on Saturday that investigations are under way in nine provinces including İstanbul into 1,004 judges and prosecutors and 68...
Azeri billionaire Mansimov gave Turkey’s Erdoğan $25 mln oil tanker in 2008
An Azeri billionaire secretly purchased a $25 million oil tanker for then-Prime Minister and Turkey's current autocratic President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan in 2008, according...
Turkey’s Erdoğan says Germany obsessed with journalist Deniz Yücel
Turkey's autocratic President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said Germany has become obsessed with journalist Deniz Yücel, jailed in Turkey since Feb. 14, underlining that he...
Erdoğan says European Union gives 12-month calendar to Turkey
Turkey's autocratic President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said the European Union (EU) has drawn up a 12-month calendar to push Turkey’s EU membership process ahead,...
Imprisoned HDP co-chair given 14-month jail sentence for ‘insulting’ Erdoğan
Figen Yüksekdağ, former co-chairperson of the pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP), has been given a prison sentence of 14 months on charges of insulting...
UN expresses grave concern over Myanmar, Thai deportation of Sökmen to Turkey
The United Nations expressed grave concern on Saturday over the deportation by Myanmar and Thailand of a Turkish national Muhammet Furkan Sökmen over alleged...
Novelist Erdoğan says Turkey turned into a ‘concentration camp’
Aslı Erdoğan, an internationally acclaimed Turkish author and a famous human right activist, has said she sees parallels between today’s Turkey and Germany under...
Three people imprisoned by Turkey’s courts over preventing imams from reciting Sala on night...
Three people, including a neighborhood administrator (mukhtar), were imprisoned by Turkish courts with charge of their alleged intervention into Sala prayers recited by a local...
NBA star Enes Kanter tells Turkish government ‘You can’t catch me’
Turkish NBA star Enes Kanter on Friday tweeted contempt for media reports that Turkey’s government had issued a warrant for his arrest, according to...
More than 430 Turkish citizens apply for political asylum in Germany
A total of 217 Turkish citizens with a diplomatic passport and 220 people, including military officers, with a service passport have applied for political...
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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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The Forgotten Victims: Children of Turkey’s Post-Coup Purge
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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...
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...
Hate speech and hate crimes against Syrian refugees in Turkey
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This report focuses on the inflammatory rhetoric and illegal acts motivated by prejudice faced by refugees who fled the civil war in Syria...