Opposition MP submits parliamentary question about refugees allegedly thrown into river
Opposition MP Mustafa Yeneroğlu asked in a parliamentary question posed to the interior minister if an investigation had been launched into a claim that...
Gezi Park trial verdict sparks protests across Turkey
A Turkish court’s verdict sentencing leading businessman and rights defender Osman Kavala to life in prison and seven others to 18 years each on...
Migrants killed in Evros wildfires victims of ‘two great injustices of our times’: Amnesty...
The death of 19 people believed to have been migrants and refugees in fires in northeastern Greece are victims of two great injustices of...
Pakistan government deports abducted Kaçmaz Family to Turkey
Turkish teacher Mesut Kaçmaz and his family, who were abducted from their home at a midnight in Lahore on September 27, were reportedly deported...
Investigation launched into Turkish mayor for targeting refugees
Prosecutors have launched an investigation into an opposition mayor in northwestern Turkey who recently announced he would take radical steps to persuade refugees to...
Post-coup crackdown in Turkey has torn families apart, CBC says
Canada’s state-run CBC news website said Saturday, on the anniversary of a controversial coup in Turkey last year, that thousands of families have been...
SCF report on the Netherlands decodes Erdoğan’s long arm in Europe
Turkey has escalated its witch hunt persecution on critics to abroad using government institutions, quasi-official parallel structures and front NGOs, a report released by Stockholm...
Kurdish political prisoners’ hunger strike ends on its 64th day
Hunger strike, which has been defined as "indefinite and irreversible," that pro-Kurdish political prisoners launched on February 15, 2017 for an end to the...
Turkish gov’t detains Bank Asya’s 49 shareholders over alleged links to Gülen movement
Turkish government has issued detention warrants for 68 former shareholders closed Islamic lender Bank Asya and detained 49 of them so far on Wednesday over...
Kosovo under Turkish gov’t pressure detains 5 Turkish educators over alleged links to Gülen...
Kosovo police detained five Turkish educators who are employees of the Mehmet Akif schools in Kosovo and an academic early Thursday morning over alleged...
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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...