Police officer who shot young Syrian refugee to death given 25 years in prison
In a landmark decision on Tuesday, a Turkish court handed down a prison sentence of 25 years to a police officer who shot a...
Turkish court sentences teacher Duman, abducted by MİT from Malaysia, to 18 years in...
Alaettin Duman, a Turkish teacher in Malaysia who was abducted by agents of Turkey's notorious National Intelligence Organisation (MİT) from Kuala Lumpur in 2016...
PACE committee urges action on transnational repression, cites Turkey’s operations abroad
A committee of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) has in a draft resolution called for stronger international action against transnational...
Turkish authorities arrest YouTuber over filming content
Turkish authorities arrested street interviewer Özkan Bozkurt on Wednesday after he posted a video showing a person firing shots into the air during a...
Turkish jets hit 108 Kurdish targets in Afrin, land forces’ involvement imminent
Turkish airstrikes struck 108 targets belonging to Kurdish militants, the army said in a statement on Saturday, hours after it launched an operation against...
2 more children accompany their mother serving prison sentence for conviction of Gülen movement...
Two children accompanied their mother to prison when Sevim Yıldırım was arrested on Saturday to serve a sentence for conviction of links to the Gülen...
Turkey’s main opposition leader says Erdoğan’s party in succession fight
Turkey’s main opposition leader Özgür Özel has said President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) is experiencing in an internal power...
Pro-gov’t columnist Dilipak called LGBTQ people, not women’s rights activists, ‘prostitutes,’ his lawyer claims
At a court hearing on Wednesday the lawyer for pro-government columnist Abdurrahman Dilipak said his client had not targeted women supporting the Istanbul Convention...
Moldovan migrant worker dies after brutal assault in İstanbul leather workshop
Nicolai Palamarciuc, a Moldovan national working in Turkey, died after being bound and brutally beaten by the relatives of his employer in İstanbul’s Başakşehir...
Special needs school forces disabled girl to leave due to father’s links to Gülen...
A young girl with major disabilities has been forced to leave a public special needs school because her father used to work for an...
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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...