Turkey detains 25 people over alleged Gülen links
Twenty-five people, including active duty and dismissed military officers and former military cadets, have been detained on warrants issued by Turkish prosecutors for alleged...
Turkey remains one of world’s top jailers of journalists, writers
Turkey remains one the world’s top jailers of journalists, writers and intellectuals, according to recent indexes and reports released by prominent right organizations.
Turkey, along...
Bursa Mayor Aktaş refuses to provide hearse for 3 drowned Turkish refugees, including 2...
Bursa Mayor Alinur Aktaş, who was appointed by Turkish government led by President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan to replace the elected mayor, has refused to...
European Parliament backs sanctions on Turkish officials over removal of opposition mayors
The European Parliament has passed a resolution condemning the dismissal and arrest of opposition mayors in Turkey, calling for sanctions on officials responsible for replacing them...
Green Left Party member among 9 women detained in eastern Turkey on terror charges
Turkish police detained a member of the Green Left Party (YSP) among eight other women in simultaneous raids on their houses in Turkey’s eastern...
Roma conscript dies under suspicious circumstances following hate speech by his commander
Caner Sarmaşık, 20, a conscript who was being targeted for being a Roma, died allegedly by suicide while on guard duty on April 29,...
Pompeo: All Americans being held by Turkish gov’t need to come home
Despite the fact that the United States and Turkey have reportedly agreed to deal diplomatically with a row over imprisoned American pastor Andrew Brunson,...
Turkish human rights defender acquitted of charges of insulting the state
Turkish human rights defender and forensic doctor Şebnem Korur Fincancı was acquitted on Thursday of charges of “publicly insulting the Turkish state” after alleging...
9 killed during Nevruz celebrations under Erdoğan’s rule
A report on Nevruz celebrations in Turkey drafted by main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) lawmaker Sezgin Tanrıkulu has revealed that nine people have...
1,388 people victims of enforced disappearance in Turkey since 1980: report
A total of 1,388 people have been victims of enforced disappearance in Turkey in the last 40 years, according to the southeastern Diyarbakır branch...
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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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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...
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...
Hate speech and hate crimes against Syrian refugees in Turkey
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