Turkish parliament adopts motion condemning Biden’s genocide statement
The Turkish parliament on Tuesday adopted a motion condemning US President Joe Biden’s recognition of the massacre of Armenians at the hands of the...
1,169 neighborhoods now closed off to migrant settlement, says Turkish Interior Ministry
The Turkish Ministry of Interior in a written statement said as of July 1, the number of neighborhoods closed off to migrants would be...
AKP, MHP reject motion to investigate suspicious death of female student in eastern Turkey
Turkey’s ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) and its far-right ally, the Nationalist Movement Party (MHP), on Wednesday rejected a parliamentary motion to investigate...
VP’s Perinçek reiterates they informed Turkish gov’t about coup attempt days before July 15,...
Doğu Perinçek, the chairman of the neo-nationalist Homeland Party (VP), has reiterated that his party officials informed Justice and Development Party (AKP) government under the...
NBA star Enes Kanter’s father detained in Turkey over alleged Gülen links
Turkish police on Friday detained Prof. Dr. Mehmet Kanter, father of NBA Oklahoma City Thunder player Enes Kanter, who the government seeks to arrest...
Justice remains elusive 18 years after murder of journalist Hrant Dink: RSF
Erol Önderoğlu, Turkey representative of Reporters Without Borders (RSF) has condemned the lack of full accountability for the murder of Turkish-Armenian journalist Hrant Dink,...
Years of coal plant expansion torment Turkey’s villagers
Kneeling in the morning shade under a tree, Osman Arslan brews tea behind a coal-fired power plant that rises above his Turkish Aegean village...
İstanbul court jails Üsküdar’s first woman mayor, 3 others in corruption investigation
An İstanbul court on Friday jailed Sinem Dedetaş, the first female mayor of the city’s Üsküdar district who ended 30 years of Islamist-based rule,...
Turkish court rules to continue pre-trial detention of Amnesty’s Taner Kılıç
The İstanbul 35th High Criminal Court on Thursday ruled to continue the pretrial detention of Amnesty International’s honorary Turkey chair, Taner Kılıç, at the...
Social media campaign urges parole for ailing inmate
Social media users on Tuesday called on Turkish authorities to grant parole to Mehmet Parlak, a kidney disease patient whose health has deteriorated due...
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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...
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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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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...