Education minister says evolution is out, concept of jihad is in new curriculum in...
Turkish Education Minister İsmet Yılmaz has said a new national school curriculum will exclude evolution theory but will include the concept of jihad, or...
Turkish gov’t detains 527 people for alleged links to Gülen movement over last week
The Turkish government has detained 527 people across Turkey over the past week (May 14-May 21) as part of its massive post-coup witch hunt...
Kavala’s ongoing detention runs against Turkey’s commitment to rule of law and respect for...
The decision last Friday of an İstanbul court to continue the imprisonment of philanthropist and human rights activist Osman Kavala on charges related to...
Turkey’s prisons hit 140 percent capacity as inmate population surpasses 427,000
Turkey's prison population has climbed above 427,000, exceeding official capacity by more than 122,000 people and pushing occupancy to roughly 140 percent, according to...
Sweden to extradite self-proclaimed PKK supporter to Turkey: govt
Sweden on Monday agreed to extradite to Turkey a man convicted of drug trafficking who also supported the outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK), a...
Turkish authorities rearrest Kurdish minors accused of terrorism propaganda during Newroz celebrations
Turkish authorities have rearrested two Kurdish minors accused of disseminating terrorism propaganda during Newroz celebrations in İstanbul, with a third still being sought under...
İmamoğlu criticizes gov’t over peace talks with PKK, accuses it of political motives
Jailed İstanbul Mayor Ekrem İmamoğlu has accused Turkey’s government of failing to turn renewed peace talks with the outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) into...
Cases of Turkish journalists before ECtHR drag on as they languish in jail: report
The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has yet to deliver verdicts on the cases of dozens of journalists from Turkey, many of whom...
Head of Turkey’s public broadcaster gives ‘Bearded Diva’ as reason for boycotting Eurovision
İbrahim Eren, the head of Turkey’s public broadcaster, has cited “someone like the bearded Austrian who wore a skirt” as one of the main...
Wife: Jailed former prosecutor, heavy cancer patient, needs urgent health care
The wife of a former prosecutor, İbrahim Ethem Kuriş, who has been kept in prison for 9 months over alleged involvement into the coup attempt...
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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...