Turkey seeks PKK case data ahead of review that could lead to 4,500 releases:...
Turkey’s Justice Ministry has urgently requested information from courthouses nationwide in preparation for a review of outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK)-related cases that could...
HDP files criminal complaint against Turkey’s state-run TRT for causing public harm
The pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) has filed a criminal complaint against the state-run Turkish Radio and Television Corporation (TRT) for causing public harm,...
COMMENTARY — NATO simulation in Norway reveals Turkey’s Trojan horse
By Abdullah Bozkurt
A Russian-Iranian proxy group led by neo-nationalist leader Doğu Perinçek, a close ally of Turkey’s Islamist President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, has been...
Turkish gov’t detains journalist Zeynep Kuray over her social media posts
Turkish police forces raided the house of journalist Zeynep Kuray in Kadıköy district of İstanbul province Wednesday night. Following a search in her house,...
Rights lawyer attacked by member of far-right party after İstanbul bombing should be protected,...
Mary Lawlor, the United Nations special rapporteur on human rights, said in a tweet on Wednesday that lawyer and Human Rights Association (İHD) member...
Civil servant purged from job succumbs to cancer after belated release from prison
Caner Durukan, 42, a Turkish healthcare worker dismissed from his job in a post-coup purge, succumbed to cancer in a hospital after his release...
Turkish gov’t detains more than 125 people over alleged links to Gülen movement
The Turkish government detained more than 125 people across Turkey on Tuesday as part of its massive post-coup witch hunt targeting alleged members of...
15 demonstrators detained during banned Pride march in İstanbul
Several hundred people briefly participated in an LGBTQ Pride march on Sunday in İstanbul that had been banned by local authorities, leading to the...
Turkish academic resigns from Ankara University, saying it can no longer be called a...
Professor Kerem Altıparmak, a renowned Turkish human rights lawyer and academic, has resigned from Ankara University, saying it can no longer be called a...
45 Turkish mayors jailed, removed or replaced since opposition’s local election gains in 2024
At least 45 elected mayors and co-mayors in 44 Turkish municipalities have been jailed, suspended from office or replaced by government-appointed trustees since the...
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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.
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...