Syriac association chair: I fear we will be forced to convert to Islam under...
Yuhanna Aktaş, chairperson of the Mardin Syriac Unity Association, which was closed down in 2015, has said with irony that he is afraid Syriacs...
Suspected ISIL member confesses his membership to Turkey’s ruling AKP
Ahmet Berk, a terror suspect who is allegedly linked to Diyarbakır, Suruç and Ankara terror attacks which were realized by terror organization the Islamic State...
Turkey’s Saturday Mothers meet for 649th time to demand justice for their disappeared children
The mothers of Kurds who have disappeared in Turkey staged their weekly sit-in at Galatasaray Square on İstanbul's İstiklal Avenue for the 694th time...
Turkish woman detained over alleged Gülen links along with 40-day-old baby while visiting jailed...
Zehra Elbir, a former court clerk who was earlier dismissed from her job in the government’s post-coup purge of state institutions, was detained only...
Director of Turkey’s Presidential Archives calls for arming of households
Muhammet Safi, the director of Turkey’s Presidential Archives, has called for the arming of every household for the defense of Turkey, the Diken news...
Turkish prosecutors launch Gülen probe over Galatasaray fans’ Rocky poster
Turkish prosecutors have launched an investigation on Tuesday after fans of Galatasaray football team unfurled a giant poster ahead of a derby on Sunday...
Erdoğan’s relative sets up group for mobilization in event of coup attempt
Orhan Uzuner, the father-in-law of President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s son Bilal, has established an armed group to mobilize the public in the event of...
Greek and Turkish hackers trade retaliatory cyberattacks
Brazen cyberattacks are straining relations between Greece and Turkey, two nations with a considerable shared past and history of tense ties, with Greek experts...
COMMENTARY — Erdoğan selected a crook and jihadist enabler as Turkey’s vice president
By Abdullah Bozkurt
Fuat Oktay, named vice president in the new Cabinet of Turkish Islamist leader Recep Tayyip Erdoğan to the surprise of many Turkey...
‘Yes’ campaigner for referendum shoots dead 62-year-old with rifle
With a fortnight to go until Turkey’s presidential referendum, political atmosphere has so polarized that a yes campaigner shot dead a perceived naysayer with...
Latest Reports
New report exposes widespread, systematic rights violations in Turkey’s crackdown on the Gülen movement
STOCKHOLM— The Stockholm Center for Freedom today released a new report, “UN Findings on Turkey’s Crackdown on the Gülen Movement: Widespread and Systematic Rights...
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...
Human Rights in Turkey: 2023 in Review
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This report highlights the most important developments in the area of human rights in Turkey during the year 2023.
The May 2023 re-election of...