Companies to be banned from public tenders in Turkey based on secret MİT reports
An amendment made to Turkey’s Public Tender Law based on a government decree (KHK) that went into effect last November bans individuals and companies...
Pro-Kurdish HDP deputy says Turkish Parliament impeding oversight through censorship
The Turkish Parliament Speaker’s Office has returned several parliamentary questions from the pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) dealing with human rights, prison conditions, censorship,...
Turkey threatened Turkish Cypriot presidential candidates, interfered in 2020 election: report
Turkey interfered in the 2020 presidential election in the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (KKTC), a breakaway state recognized only by Turkey, with Turkish...
Turkey’s Erdoğan argues with journalism student over press freedom question
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on Thursday argued with a student of journalism who asked him a question about the state of freedom of...
German FM accuses Turkey of failing to grant access to jailed journalist Yücel as...
German Foreign Minister Sigmar Gabriel has accused the Turkish government of failing to keep a promise to grant consular access to imprisoned German-Turkish journalist...
Killing of Syrian worker and teenager in Turkey revive fears among refugees
Two Syrians, one of them a 14-year-old boy, were killed in separate attacks in southern Turkey within days of each other, prompting Syrian rights...
Former military cadets, officers among 103 facing detention over Gülen links
Turkish prosecutors have issued detention warrants for 103 people including 73 former military cadets and three former officers due to their alleged links to...
Diyarbakır Bar takes legal action over human skeletons found at former JİTEM base
The Diyarbakır Bar Association announced on Thursday that it has started the process to determine the identity of human skeletons found during work at...
Greece stops 5 boats from Turkey carrying more than 120 migrants: report
Greece has prevented five boats carrying more than 120 people from illegally entering its waters in the eastern Aegean Sea from Turkey, The Associated...
Turkish prosecutors investigate 2 journalists under ‘disinformation law’
İstanbul prosecutors have launched an investigation into two journalists on accusations of spreading “disinformation” due to their comments about the forced resignation of three lawmakers from...
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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...