HDP’s questions on luxurious jet presented to Turkey’s Erdoğan by Qatar left unanswered
A series of questions raised by Turkey's pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) deputy Meral Danış Beştaş about a specially equipped Boeing 747-8 that was...
Turkish prosecutor seeks prison sentences for LeMan staff over controversial cartoon
The İstanbul chief public prosecutor is seeking prison sentences for six staff members of the LeMan satirical magazine over a cartoon in its June...
Top court rejects exiled journalist’s rights claim against pro-government daily
Turkey’s Constitutional Court has rejected an application filed by exiled journalist and author Can Dündar claiming that news published by the pro-government Sabah daily...
End-stage cancer patient jailed over Gülen links taken to hospital 19 times in 2...
A critically ill woman who suffers from a rare form of cancer and was sent to prison to serve a sentence on conviction of...
Kurdish politician Burhan Karatay dies in Turkish prison
Local Kurdish politician Burhan Karatay, an ailing 67-year-old prisoner in the Giresun Type E Closed Prison, died from a heart attack on Tuesday.
The pro-Kurdish...
Rights groups urge Turkey to stop social media throttling after 21-hour blackout
A coalition of human rights organizations led by London-based free expression group Article 19 on Thursday urged Turkey to stop throttling social media and...
Academic arrested in Turkey due to sexist remarks about women taken hostage in Israel
A lecturer at a university in northwestern Turkey has been arrested due to his sexist remarks about women who were taken hostage by the...
Armored vehicle hits 5-year-old girl in southeastern Şanlıurfa province
A 5-year-old girl was seriously injured after being hit by an armored vehicle in southeastern Turkey's Şanlıurfa province on Wednesday, crushing her leg, the...
Turkish gov’t detains 14 people over alleged links to Gülen movement
The Turkish government detained 14 people on Saturday across Turkey as part of its massive post-coup witch hunt targeting alleged members of the Gülen...
At least 72 child workers died in Turkey during past school year: report
At least 72 children died while working in Turkey between September 2024 and August 2025, according to a new report by the Health and...
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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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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...