Former Council of Europe rights chief says ECtHR has ignored the pattern of Turkey’s...
A former human rights commissioner at the Council of Europe said the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) had weakened its own credibility by...
Bedridden former inmate jailed over alleged Gülen links dies of heart attack
Bekir Bayram, a 76-year-old former inmate jailed over alleged links to the Gülen movement who had become bedridden in prison, died of a heart...
29 women killed, 22 more died under suspicious circumstances in Turkey in November
Twenty-nine women were murdered by men in Turkey in November, while another 22 died under suspicious circumstances, the We Will Stop Femicide Platform reported.
Of the...
Former teacher fired during Turkey’s post-coup purge dies after workplace accident
A former teacher dismissed during a purge following a coup attempt in Turkey in 2016 died on Friday from injuries sustained in a workplace...
Turkey arrests another YouTube journalist for allegedly insulting Erdoğan
Arif Kocabıyık, a journalist known for his street interviews, was arrested by a court on Saturday on charges of insulting President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan,...
Prosecutors investigate leaked audio as court adjourns İstanbul mayor’s ‘fake diploma’ trial
A Turkish court on Monday adjourned the “fake diploma” trial of jailed İstanbul Mayor Ekrem İmamoğlu until February 16, 2026, while prosecutors opened an...
Turkish lawyer jailed over Gülen links dies after delayed release from prison
Süleyman Yıldırım, a 59-year-old lawyer who lost his leg after what his relatives described as months of delayed medical care in prison and was...
EU rapporteur calls Turkey’s rule of law ‘a disaster’ in Ankara visit
Nacho Sánchez Amor, the European Parliament rapporteur on Turkey, said the rule of law in Turkey is “a complete disaster,” at a press conference...
YouTube journalist, man who read a poem in street interview arrested for insulting Erdoğan
A Turkish court on Friday ordered the arrest of YouTube journalist Hasan Köksoy and Halil Kürklü, who recited a poem during one of Köksoy’s...
Turkey’s democratic gains for women under threat as country ranks 125th globally for females...
Women’s hard-won democratic gains in Turkey are at risk, a senior opposition lawmaker warned, as the country’s ranks 125th out of 185 nations for...
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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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Human Rights in Turkey: 2024 in Review
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Throughout the year Turkey continued...
Dehumanizing a Legacy: How Fethullah Gülen’s Death Triggered a Campaign of Hate Speech in...
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Sippenhaft, also known as...