Pro-Kurdish and socialist politicians, journalists among 52 detained on accusations of terrorism
Turkish authorities detained 52 people, including politicians, journalists and artists, in early morning raids across 10 provinces on Tuesday as part of an investigation...
Turkey detains 17 physicians over alleged ties to Gülen movement
Turkish authorities have detained 17 doctors in a series of coordinated raids across 10 provinces on allegations of ties to the faith-based Gülen movement,...
Family of ailing teacher jailed over Gülen links pleads with Turkish authorities for his...
Şükrü Ayazlı, 47, a former teacher battling severe health complications after two bouts of lymphoma, remains behind bars in Turkey over alleged links to...
Turkey ranks worst in Europe for impunity, report finds
Turkey is ranked the worst performer in Europe in terms of impunity, according to the 2025 Atlas of Impunity, a global index published by...
Erdoğan aide, justice minister slam The Economist over report on Turkish gov’t crackdown
The Turkish presidency’s communications director and the country’s justice minister have condemned a recent report by The Economist detailing a renewed government crackdown on opposition politicians,...
Turkey remains stagnant in TI’s Corruption Perceptions Index 2024
Turkey has maintained its position with a score of 34 out of 100 in the 2024 Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI) released by Transparency International...
İstanbul mayor accuses Erdoğan of trying to sideline him in politics after new indictment
İstanbul Mayor Ekrem İmamoğlu has accused President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan of attempting to sideline him in politics through judicial conspiracies and called on him...
Journalists from pro-opposition TV station face 14 years over interview with court witness
Turkish prosecutors are seeking up to 14 years in prison for journalists and executives from the pro-opposition Halk TV station for airing an interview...
Labor Rights in Turkey: 2024 in Review
Turkey faced a troubling year for labor rights in 2024, with at least 1,897 workers losing their lives in job-related accidents, according to the...
Police storm city hall, detain 127 as Turkey removes another Kurdish mayor from office
The Turkish government removed a Kurdish mayor from office in the eastern province of Van following a terrorism conviction, appointing the governor as trustee...
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Turkey’s Transnational Repression: 2025 in Review
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...
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...