Turkish prosecutors ordered detention of 144 people over alleged Gülen links in a week
Turkish prosecutors have over the past week ordered the detention of 144 people including active duty military and police officers due to alleged links...
Turkey’s ruling party to present restrictive social media regulation to parliament
Turkey’s ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) will this week propose to the legislature a bill to regulate social media, Turkish media reported.
According to...
Photojournalist who captured police killing of Kurdish student faces fourth terrorism indictment
A Turkish prosecutor has issued a fourth indictment against photojournalist Abdurrahman Gök, who took pictures of a Kurdish university student being shot to death...
Turkey issued detention warrants for 122 people over alleged Gülen links in a week
Turkish authorities have over the past week ordered the detention of 122 people including active duty military and police officers due to alleged links...
Uyghur living in Turkey for 10 years faces deportation to China: report
Abdullah Abdülhamit, a Uyghur refugee who was detained and sent to a removal center in İstanbul, faces deportation to China, according to the Tamga...
Working for Gülen-linked media, doubting gov’t coup story not grounds for terror charges: ECtHR
The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has ruled in the case of prominent journalist Nazlı Ilıcak that working for media outlets close to...
Turkey’s post-coup crackdown, 10 years on: Torture and ill-treatment
Turkey has experienced a marked resurgence of torture and ill-treatment in custody over the past decade and especially since a coup attempt on July...
Hundreds of women killed in aftermath of Turkey’s withdrawal from Istanbul Convention
Republican People’s Party deputy Candan Yüceer has said at least 603 women have been killed and 464 women have died under suspicious circumstances since...
Mother calls on Turkish authorities to intensify investigation into daughter’s 2020 disappearance
The mother of Gülistan Doku, a young Kurdish woman who went missing on January 5, 2020, once again called on Turkish authorities to find...
Turkish authorities should cease harassing Etkin news agency: CPJ
Turkish authorities should cease harassing the Etkin News Agency (ETHA) and return all property that was confiscated from its office, the Committee to Protect...
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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...