Turkey Purge: 1,895 people detained, 992 people jailed in past 15 days over coup...
Turkish government has continued its massive post-coup witch hunt targeting the alleged members of the Gülen movement and the citizens from Turkey’s Kurdish minority...
Turkish courts handed down sentences to 41 journalists in first half of 2019
The Free Journalists Initiative (ÖGİ) has announced that the first six months of the year saw the trial of 287 journalists, 41 of whom...
PURGE IN PAST 10 DAYS: 1,325 detained, 652 arrested in post-coup operations
A huge cleansing of Turkey’s state and other institutions is continuing as people from all walks of life find themselves being hunted down and...
Turkish court sentences journalist to more than 6 years on terrorism charges
A Turkish court on Tuesday sentenced journalist Züleyha Müldür to more six years, three months in prison on charges of membership in a terrorist...
Turkey’s mainstream news channels censor main opposition’s presidential candidate
Turkey’s mainstream news channels NTV, Habertürk and CNN Türk failed to broadcast the first election rally of main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) presidential...
Wikimedia Foundation: Turkish minister ‘seriously misrepresented’ Wikipedia’s editing model
The Wikimedia Foundation has responded in an open letter to a May 18 statement made by Turkish Minister of Transport, Maritime, and Communications Ahmet...
Journalist indicted over remarks about father of slain soldier
Turkish prosecutors are seeking a prison sentence of up to three years for a veteran journalist on charges of “inciting hatred and hostility among...
19 press freedom organizations call for release of Turkish journalists jailed on ‘terrorism’ charges
Nineteen press freedom organizations have called for Turkey to release five journalists jailed in recent weeks on charges of “membership in an illegal organization,”...
EP’s Harms: I have serious doubts about ECtHR’s attitude over cases from Turkey
Rebecca Harms, a member of the European Parliament and Co-President of the Euronest Parliamentary Assembly, has said that she has serious doubts about the...
7 journalists indicted for covering protests over İstanbul mayor’s arrest
Turkish prosecutors have indicted seven journalists who were held in pretrial detention for several days last month for covering mass protests following the arrest of İstanbul...
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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...