Turkish police reportedly beat and detain a family for listening to Kurdish music
Turkish police reportedly beat and detained a group of family members in Istanbul after they were found listening to Kurdish songs, leading to the...
Interior Ministry says no hate speech or crimes against Turkish Armenians occurred during Azerbaijan-Armenia...
Turkey’s Ministry of Interior said no attacks or hate speech targeting Turkey’s Armenian community occurred during last year’s clashes between Azerbaijan and Armenia over...
Dismissed officer severely injured in workplace accident
Recep Karaşal, a former first lieutenant who was dismissed from the gendarmerie in 2018 by a government decree, was seriously injured in a fire...
Turkey marks anniversary of deadly hotel fire amid calls for justice
Families and residents gathered in freezing temperatures early Wednesday to commemorate the 78 people who died in a hotel fire in northwestern Turkey a...
Colonel suffering from multiple conditions not released despite health report
Mustafa Barış Avıalan, a former staff colonel sentenced to life imprisonment on coup charges, has not been released by a court despite health reports...
British Parliament’s Foreign Affairs Committee: Gülen not responsible for the July 15 coup attempt
The British Parliament’s Foreign Affairs Committee (FCO) has stated on early Saturday that there was no hard evidence to prove that Fethullah Gülen or...
2-month-old baby accompanies mother serving sentence for conviction of Gülen links
Elif Karlıdağ, a mother of two who was arrested to serve a sentence for conviction of links to the Gülen movement, is being accompanied...
Turkish gov’t detains 15 military officers over alleged links to Gülen movement
The Turkish government detained 15 military officers on Saturday in 12 provinces across Turkey as part of its massive post-coup witch hunt targeting alleged members...
Opposition slams ‘extraordinary’ security measures in Ankara ahead of NATO summit
Turkey’s opposition leaders have criticized what they describe as extraordinary security measures in Ankara ahead of next week’s NATO summit, accusing the government of...
Prosecutor demands imprisonment for activists taking part in women’s rights march
A Turkish prosecutor has demanded prison sentences of up to one year for 35 people who were detained in 2020 for participating in a...
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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...