Turkey has detained 64 social media users over coronavirus posts: ministry
Turkey has detained 64 people for sharing “unfounded and provocative” posts on social media about the deadly coronavirus outbreak since March 11, according to...
Turkish gov’t refuses to release inmates despite detection of coronavirus in overcrowded prisons
President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s Islamist government has rejected calls from human rights organizations to release inmates from two overcrowded prisons despite detection in those...
US State Department maps out Turkey’s human rights abuses
The US State Department on March 11 issued its 2019 Country Reports on Human Rights Practices on Turkey in which it took stock of...
At least 15,557 women murdered in Turkey since start of AKP rule: report
Violence against women has dramatically increased since the Justice and Development Party (AKP) came to power in 2002, and at least 15,557 women have...
Another journalist arrested for revealing information about intel officer killed in Libya
Murat Ağırel, a journalist from the ultranationalist Yeniçağ daily, has been arrested for revealing information about a Turkish intelligence officer slain in Libya, according...
80 university students detained over Gülen links subjected to torture: report
Eighty university students who were detained in police operations on the morning of Feb. 28 due to their alleged links to the Gülen movement...
Turkey remains ‘not free’ according to Freedom House annual report
Turkey remains in the “not free” category in the “Freedom in the World 2020” report published by the Washington-based Freedom House on Wednesday.
Freedom House...
Top European court says Turkey violated rights of judge arrested over Gülen links
The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) said on Tuesday that Turkey violated the rights of a judge who was put in pretrial detention...
Journalists detained for revealing name of Turkish intel officer killed in Libya
Two journalists from the OdaTV news website were detained on Wednesday by police due to an investigation into a news report revealing the identity...
Police briefly detain 4 journalists working for Russian Sputnik’s Turkish service
Turkish police briefly detained four journalists from the Turkish operation of Russia’s Sputnik news agency including its editor-in-chief, according to Sputnik.
Editor-in-chief Mahir Boztepe, who...
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Turkey's record on torture and ill-treatment continued to deteriorate in 2025, despite its commitments under international human rights conventions.
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Turkey's campaign of transnational repression against critics abroad continued throughout 2025. Since a coup attempt in July 2016, President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s long arm...
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...
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Weaponized Diplomacy: How Erdoğan Uses Turkish Missions for Transnational Repression
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