Ankara urges Council of Europe to avoid any decision against Turkey
Turkey on Thursday called on the Council of Europe to refrain from punishing it ahead of a decision this week on whether Ankara should...
11 years after Turkey’s worst mining disaster, widow says families still waiting for justice
On the 11th anniversary of a 2014 mining disaster in Turkey’s Manisa province, a woman whose husband was killed in the tragedy told the T24 news...
Turkish gov’t detains 21 people in İzmir over social media posts
Turkish anti-terror police detained 21 people over social media posts in the western province of İzmir on Wednesday. The detainees, facing accusations over their social...
Turkish journalist Karaca sentenced to 31 years for slandering al-Qaeda-affiliated group
Turkish journalist Hidayet Karaca, former General Director of now-closed Samanyolu Broadcasting Group, has been sentenced by Turkish government to 31 years in prison on charges...
Turkish gov’t detains 8 more lawyers, 173 others over alleged links to Gülen movement
The Turkish government has detained eight more lawyers in Ankara and 173 others, including military officers, across Turkey over suspected links to the Gülen...
Two Turkish generals applied for asylum in Germany
Two Turkish generals who are accused of taking part in a failed military coup attempt in Turkey on July 15, 2016 applied for asylum...
190 miners in Turkey continue hunger strike for unpaid wages and benefits
Coal miners working in a mine belonging to Doruk Madencilik in the western Turkish province of Eskişehir have been on an underground hunger strike...
UPDATE: Woman in pretrial detention gives birth, returns to prison with newborn baby
Şeyma Tekin, who has been in pretrial detention for about three months, gave birth last week at a hospital in Erzurum and returned to...
Turkish court rules to release 3 military cadets during retrial on coup charges
A Turkish court on Wednesday ruled for the release from prison of three former military cadets who are being retried for their role in...
Family leaves Suruç after losing 3 members in dispute with politician from Turkey’s ruling...
A family that lost three members in June in a deadly confrontation with Turkey's ruling party deputy has decided to leave their hometown in...
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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...