Turkish police detains dozens during protests over arrest of Gülmen and Özakça
Turkish police has detained tens of people during the protests staged in support of jailed Nuriye Gülmen and Semih Özakça, who are on hunger...
Turkey’s pro-Kurdish HDP’s two deputies face removal of parliamentary status
Pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) deputies Faysal Sarıyıldız and Tuğba Hezer Öztürk have been referred to a parliamentary joint commission for removal of their...
Detention warrants issued for 139 at ministries, Ankara Municipality over alleged Gülen links
The Ankara Chief Public Prosecutor’s Office has issued detention warrants for 139 people working at the Education Ministry, Development Ministry and the Ankara Metropolitan...
879 companies worth TL 40.3 billion seized by Turkish government since coup attempt
A total of 879 companies with a total value of TL 40.3 billion have either been transferred to Turkey’s state-run Savings Deposit Insurance Fund...
HRW: EU should tell Erdoğan no deeper economic cooperation without end to crackdown
A meeting planned for Thursday between European Union leaders and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan should signal that discussion of upgraded economic cooperation is...
Malta Files reveal Turkish PM Yıldırım’s family enterprise is worth over 100 million euros
An investigation into Turkish Prime Minister Binali Yıldırım’s family enterprise, part of the European Investigative Collaborations’ (EIC) Malta Files, has revealed that his family...
Turkish pro-Erdoğan dailies say Manchester attack result of UK support for ISIL
Two staunchly pro-Erdoğan Turkish newspapers, Güneş and Yeni Akit, have accused the UK of supporting the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL)...
Turkish colonel accusing Gülen of coup plotting says his testimony taken under torture
A Turkish colonel whose testimony was key to supporting the Turkish government’s argument that a failed military coup attempt on July 15, 2016 was...
Backlash from Congress grows over attack on protestors by Turkish security
As Turkey attempts to shift the blame to US law enforcement for a violent attack by Turkish security personnel on protestors outside the Turkish...
Gülmen and Özakça, two dismissed educators on hunger strike, arrested in Turkey
Nuriye Gülmen and Semih Özakça, two educators who went on a hunger strike after they were fired by government decrees in the aftermath of...
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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...