Turkish court orders journalists to pay damages to retired general
A court in İstanbul has ordered four journalists to pay damages to a retired general due to five articles that were published in the...
Turkish gov’t seeks to expand legal scope of espionage, endangering free speech
The Turkish government is preparing to introduce criminal penalties for “agents of influence” in a new judicial package that will criminalize “black propaganda” against...
Turkey’s competition board fines Meta $37.2 mln in data-sharing probe: report
Turkey’s competition board fined Meta Platforms 1.2 billion lira ($37.20 million) on Wednesday after concluding two separate investigations on data-sharing in its Facebook, Instagram,...
Number of arrests over May Day demonstrations rises to 49
With 11 more arrests ordered by an İstanbul court on Monday, the number of people arrested for allegedly resisting law enforcement on May Day...
Former public servant rearrested after serving more than 5 years for alleged Gülen movement...
Selami Bal, a former public servant who was fired from his job in a wide-ranging purge in the aftermath of a July 2016 coup...
14 teenagers detained over alleged Gülen links
Turkish police on Tuesday detained 14 minors, all reportedly aged 15, during raids in Istanbul for alleged links to the Gülen movement, according to...
Turkey continues to host the largest number of refugees in the world: UN report
Turkey is still the leading host country for refugees worldwide, with a population of nearly 3.6 million individuals seeking shelter, mainly from war-torn Syria,...
Turkey leads Europe in prison population, number of inmates per capita
Turkey has surpassed all European countries in both total prison population and inmates per capita as of 2022, signaling a significant upward trend in...
Finance watchdog visited Turkey ahead of ‘grey list’ decision: report
A team from the Financial Action Task Force (FATF), an international watchdog that placed Turkey on its "grey list" in 2021, recently held meetings...
57 women killed by men, 34 more died under suspicious circumstances in Turkey in...
Fifty-seven women were murdered by men in Turkey in March and April, and 34 more died under suspicious circumstances, the We Will Stop Femicide...
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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...
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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...
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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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Family Punishment in Turkey: How Erdoğan Uses the Nazi Practice of Sippenhaft
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Sippenhaft, also known as...