Erdoğan vows Turkey will ‘not expel’ Syrian refugees
President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on Monday pledged that Turkey would not drive Syrian refugees back to their home country despite pressure from opposition parties,...
Turkey’s Saturday Mothers meet for 649th time to demand justice for their disappeared children
The mothers of Kurds who have disappeared in Turkey staged their weekly sit-in at Galatasaray Square on İstanbul's İstiklal Avenue for the 694th time...
Turkey’s intel agency renditioned Gülenist businessman from Tajikistan: state-run media
Koray Vural, a Turkish businessman who had gone missing in Tajikistan in mid-September and was being sought by Turkey over his links to the...
Turkey blocks X accounts of journalists, politicians on terrorist propaganda allegations
A Turkish court has ordered an access ban on the X accounts of 82 people including prominent journalists and politicians on accusations that they...
Head of İstanbul Bar Association: No rule of law in Turkey
Chairman of the İstanbul Bar Association Mehmet Durakoğlu has warned against the threat of political favoritism in the judiciary and said there is no...
Jailed veteran Turkish journalist Şirin Kabakçı: My only crime is doing journalism
Jailed Turkish journalist Şirin Kabakçı, who used to be Konya bureau chief of the Zaman newspaper, Turkey’s most highly circulated newspaper before the Turkish...
Turkish gov’t issues detention warrants for 5 people over alleged links to Gülen movement
The Turkish government issued detention warrants for five people in Tokat province on Thursday as part of its massive post-coup witch hunt targeting alleged...
Erdoğan reiterates Turkey will review ties with EU following referendum in April
Turkey's autocratic President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has reiterated on Thursday that Turkey will review its ties with the European Union (EU), including a deal...
‘If only US soldiers had been in the helicopter crash,’ says pro-gov’t journalist
A TV presenter working for the staunchly pro-government A Haber television station has expressed regret that it was Turkish military officers rather than American...
Newly published statement details Turkish woman’s police abuse allegations
A 51-page court statement submitted by a Turkish woman imprisoned on a conviction of alleged links to the faith-based Gülen movement came to light...
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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...
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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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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...