Terrorists who attacked in Stockholm and St. Petersburg deported by Turkey
It is reported that the suspects of the most recent terrorist attacks in Stockholm, capital city of Sweden and in Russia's popular city St....
Turkish court sentences 19 lawyers to a total of 146 years in prison on...
A Turkish court on Friday sentenced 19 lawyers affiliated with the now-closed Progressive Lawyers Association (ÇHD) to 146 years in prison in total on...
JWF organizes 12 events on occasion of 67th session of UN’s commission on women
The New York-based Journalists and Writers Foundation (JWF) is co-organizing 12 events on the occasion of the 67th session of the UN Commission on...
COMMENTARY — Erdoğan saved IRGC drug traffickers, human smugglers in Turkey
By Abdullah Bozkurt
The government of Turkish autocratic President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has aided and abetted a drug trafficking and human smuggling network run in...
Autistic children in Turkey face major healthcare delays amid public hospital overload
Families of autistic children in Turkey have been raising concerns over mounting barriers to essential healthcare as the country's overwhelmed public hospital system struggles...
Iraq submits complaint to UN against Turkey after attack on civilians
Iraq has filed a complaint to the UN Security Council, requesting an urgent session to discuss a deadly artillery attack this week that Baghdad...
Retiree charged with insulting Erdoğan for protesting low pensions
A retiree who wore a T-shirt at a Justice and Development Party (AKP) rally that protested low pensions was detained and subsequently charged on...
Turkey’s Erdoğan accuses Gülen movement of exporting terrorism from US to 160 countries
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, who has been waging a crackdown on followers of the Gülen movement over the past several years, accused the...
4,936 case opened, 1,080 people convicted over ‘insulting Erdoğan’ in 2016 in Turkey
According to Turkey's Justice Ministry statistics, a total of 4,936 cases were opened in 2016 against people accused of “insulting” Turkey's autocratic President Recep...
Indictment of Kurdish journalists jailed for 10 months accepted by court
A high criminal court in southeastern Turkey has accepted an indictment of 21 people, the vast majority of whom are Kurdish journalists who have...
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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...