Canada grants asylum to Turkish nationals under UN protection in Mongolia
Eight Turkish citizens whose passports were revoked by the Turkish government and whose legal residence in Mongolia ceased at the end of July traveled...
Government-appointed trustee dissolves Van City Council
Mehmet Emin Bilmez, appointed by Turkey’s Interior Ministry as a trustee in place of the mayor of Van, who was removed by the government...
Academic who suffered cardiac problem in prison denied treatment
İsmet Özçelik, a Turkish academic who was forcibly brought from Malaysia to Turkey in 2017 due to his alleged links to the Gülen movement,...
Syrians complain of unjust treatment as Turkey denies claims of deportation
While the Turkish government denies claims that it is deporting Syrian refugees and says it only allows voluntary returns, Deutsche Welle Turkish service spoke...
Pregnant woman sent back to prison after losing baby
Hanife Çiftçi, who was jailed in June when she was seven weeks pregnant due to her alleged links to the Gülen movement, lost her...
Turkey bans access to 136 websites, URLs
A Turkish court has banned access to 136 websites and URLs, including a Twitter account, news websites and blogs, at the request of the...
Newspaper subscription, school enrollment not terrorist activity, says Turkey’s top appeals court
Turkey’s Supreme Court of Appeals has reversed a lower court ruling that sentenced a defendant to prison on terrorism charges for buying a subscription...
Prominent academic returned to prison after heart procedure
Columnist for the now-closed Zaman daily and academic Mümtaz'er Türköne was sent back to prison on Saturday after doctors inserted a stent to open...
New regulation requires Internet broadcasting platforms to be under strict control of the state
According to a new regulation published in Turkey's Official Gazette, radio and TV broadcasts on the Internet will be under the authority of the...
Turkey orders detention of 2,073 Gülen followers in July
According to Turkey’s deputy interior minister, İsmail Çataklı 2,073 suspects were detained in July as part of a post-coup crackdown targeting the faith-based Gülen...
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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.
Throughout the year human rights organizations...
Turkey’s Transnational Repression: 2025 in Review
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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The Forgotten Victims: Children of Turkey’s Post-Coup Purge
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Human Rights in Turkey: 2024 in Review
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