3 political prisoners from same family diagnosed with COVID-19 as cases increase in Turkish...
Three men from the same family who were arrested in Turkey on trumped-up terrorism charges have been diagnosed with COVID-19 in prison, Bold Medya...
Pro-Kurdish HDP’s Deputy Meral Danış Beştaş arrested
Pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) deputy Meral Danış Beştaş, who was detained and then released after she gave her testimony on Saturday, was arrested...
21 missing from girls home in Ankara: report
Twenty-one youngsters are missing from the Saray Home for Girls, which hosts young women aged 13 to 18, a report by the Turkey Human...
Court issues detention warrant for journalist Nesin on terror charges
An İstanbul court has issued a detention warrant for writer and journalist Ahmet Nesin, son of famous and late Turkish novelist Aziz Nesin, on...
HDP’s presidential candidate Demirtas vows to end one-man rule in Turkey
Selahattin Demirtaş, the presidential candidate of the pro-Kurdish Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP), has vowed to end one-man rule in Turkey.
Demirtaş's manifesto for the June...
Internet freedom continues to decline in Turkey: Freedom House report
A yearly report by Freedom House on global Internet freedom reveals that Internet freedom continued to decline for a third year in a row...
Int’l rights groups condemn Turkey’s crackdown on legal community, İstanbul bar
An international coalition of lawyers, bar associations and human rights groups has in a joint statement condemned the Turkish government’s escalating campaign against the İstanbul Bar...
CoE Commissioner Mijatović publishes comments on infringement proceedings before ECtHR in Kavala case
Council of Europe (CoE) Commissioner for Human Rights Dunja Mijatović on Thursday published her comments on the infringement proceedings before the European Court of...
EU committee says changing Turkish Constitution could end up in freezing accession talks
The European Parliament’s Foreign Affairs Committee has recommended freezing Turkey’s EU accession talks if proposed amendments to the country’s constitution that were approved in...
Immense need to support millions of earthquake survivors living in shelters in Turkey, Syria:...
There is an immense need to support the millions of survivors living in shelters, camps and rural settlements in Turkey and Syria in 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...