Rights organization condemns Turkey’s Sept. 6-7 pogrom on its 68th anniversary
Turkey’s Human Rights Association (İHD) has issued a statement condemning a pogrom that took place September 6-7, 1955, one of the largest attacks against minorities in...
Dutch fundraising campaign raises millions for Turkish, Syrian earthquake victims
A total of 89 million euros was collected in the Netherlands during its "National Day of Action Campaign" on Wednesday to help victims of...
HRF launches campaign during Turkish President’s UN visit to protest post-coup purge
The Human Rights Foundation (HRF), a New York-based rights association, on Monday launched a campaign protesting Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s visit to the...
Turkish gov’t omits investigating explosion that killed 5-years-old Umut Kozay
Cemil Kozay, father of 5-year-old Umut Kozay who was killed by explosion of an object on his playing ground on September 30 in Yüksekova district of...
Turkish government’s post-coup witch hunt continues with more detentions and arrests
Turkish government's massive post-coup witch hunt targeting alleged followers of the Gülen movement has continued on Thursday with new detentions and arrests in several...
Turkish authorities arrest father of three, leaving children without parents
Turkish authorities on Wednesday arrested a father of three for alleged links to the Gülen movement, leaving his children without any parents, the Tr724...
Turkey blocks access to report on press freedom
A Turkish court has blocked access to Bianet's Media Monitoring Report, which documents rights violations related to press freedom, the Free Web Turkey platform...
Contact visitation not allowed in Turkish prisons since beginning of pandemic despite reopening
Families of inmates have voiced protests as contact visitation in Turkish prisons has not been allowed since the beginning of the pandemic despite the...
Turkey violates Afghans’ right to apply for int’l protection through deportations or pushbacks at...
Turkey is deporting tens of thousands of Afghans directly to Afghanistan or pushing them back at its land border with Iran without checking to...
MÜSİAD’s ads on Turkey’s controversial coup not allowed in US for being ‘too political’
The Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority has refused to allow ads prepared by the US branch of the Independent Industrialists’ and Businessmen’s Association (MÜSİAD)...
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Turkey’s Post-Coup Crackdown, 10 Years On: A Decade’s Legacy
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This report examines how the sweeping measures introduced in Turkey following the coup attempt of July 15, 2016 evolved over the next decade...
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.
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The Forgotten Victims: Children of Turkey’s Post-Coup Purge
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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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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...