Turkey’s chief of general staff set up a secret hit team for extrajudicial murders,...
Metin Gürak, recently appointed Turkey’s chief of general staff, has been accused of clandestinely forming an assassination squad to carry out attacks and murders...
Visually impaired journalist Cüneyt Arat sent to prison over alleged Gülen links
Visually impaired Turkish journalist Cüneyt Arat was sent to prison on Monday due to his alleged links to the Gülen movement. According to several...
Turkish journalist arrested in ‘Erdoğan died’ social media post investigation
A Turkish court has ordered the arrest of journalist İrem Delice under the country’s controversial disinformation law after prosecutors challenged her earlier release over...
Kılıçdaroğlu adopts gov’t narrative, says CHP investigations are corruption probes, not political
Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu, the court-reinstated leader of Turkey’s main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP), has adopted the government’s narrative on criminal cases targeting the party,...
Erdoğan’s coup accusations against Gülen unfounded: former US national security advisor
Former US National Security Advisor John Bolton has dismissed Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s claims that Fethullah Gülen masterminded the 2016 coup attempt in...
Turkish Culture Ministry demands censorship for short film ‘The Last Schnitzel’
Turkish Culture Ministry has demanded two directors to censor their short film as condition to be able to get permission to take part in...
Afghan asylum-seeker unlawfully detained in Turkish repatriation center
An Afghan man identified as Samir said in an interview he was detained in a Turkish repatriation center for a month despite being a...
LGBTI+ rights group takes Ankara ban on gay events to ECtHR
One of the oldest LGBTI+ advocacy groups in Turkey has filed an application with the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) regarding a ban...
Turkey jails another member of prominent Boydak family over alleged Gülen links
Turkish authorities have jailed Elif Boydak Bozdağ, another member of one of the country’s most prominent business families, after Turkey’s top appeals court upheld...
Turkey arrests 4 journalists over alleged links to ‘illegal organization’
A Turkish court has ordered the arrest of four journalists who were detained last week in İstanbul as part of an investigation launched by...
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UN Findings on Turkey’s Crackdown on the Gülen Movement: Widespread and Systematic Rights Violations...
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This report analyzes UN findings on Turkey’s post-2016 counterterrorism measures targeting people with alleged links to the faith-based Gülen movement.
Drawing on opinions of...
Human Rights in Turkey: 2025 in Review
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This report highlights the most important developments in the area of human rights in Turkey in 2025, a year marked by continued democratic...
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...