Turkey to lift ban on contact visitation in prisons
Turkish Justice Minister Abdülhamit Gül has said a ban on contact visitation in prisons that went into force in March 2020 due to the...
Amnesty International urges Council of Europe to launch infringement proceedings against Turkey
Amnesty International on Friday called on member states of the Council of Europe (CoE) to institute infringement proceedings against Turkey for failing to implement...
Opposition DEVA Party founder detained on ‘political espionage’ charges
Metin Gürcan, a founding member of the opposition Democracy and Progress Party (DEVA), was detained in a police raid on his house on Friday...
End-stage cancer patient released after spending 56 days in prison despite hospital reports
Ayşe Özdoğan, who suffers from a rare form of cancer, was released on Friday after spending 56 days in prison despite hospital reports recommending...
Police officers sentenced to prison for extorting money from terrorism suspects
Four police officers working at the counterterrorism bureau of the Alanya Police Department have been sentenced to a total of 41 years in prison...
Turkish prosecutors ordered detention of 342 people over alleged Gülen links in a week
Turkish prosecutors have over the past week ordered the detention of 342 people on terrorism charges due to their alleged links to the faith-based...
13 members of pro-Kurdish HDP detained across Turkey
Turkish police have detained 13 members of the pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) in İstanbul, Kocaeli and Erzurum provinces, Turkish Minute reported on Friday,...
Turkish police tear-gas women protesting domestic violence
Turkish police on Thursday fired tear gas at hundreds of women protesting in İstanbul against male violence, Agence France-Presse reported.
The protesters held banners saying...
Turkey defies pressure to keep philanthropist Kavala in jail
A Turkish court on Friday kept civil society leader Osman Kavala in jail despite Western pressure and the risk the case could further harm...
New report sheds light on algorithm used to persecute alleged members of Gülen movement...
More than 13,000 Turkish military personnel have been dismissed since July 2016 on the basis of an algorithm used by the authorities to assess...
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Turkey’s Crackdown on the Gülen Movement: 2025 in Review
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...
Women’s rights in Turkey: 2025 in Review
The state of women’s rights in Turkey showed no meaningful improvement in 2025, as longstanding problems persisted and new challenges emerged. Femicides, institutional failures...
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...