A new report uncovers a murder of detained teacher in Turkey due to torture
Deaths in detentions and prisons due to torture, abuse and ill-treatment have become recurring theme in Turkey with close to 100 cases reported as...
Afghanistan’s intelligence agency releases four abducted teachers of Turkish schools, report
Afghanistan's intelligence agency has released Turkish teachers Önder Akkuşci, Yunus Demirci, Yılmaz Aytan and an Afghan based teacher Masso0d Wardak who are working for...
Turkish gov’t slams US over its annual report on religious freedom
The Turkish government slammed a US report on international religious freedom on Wednesday, describing its section on Turkey as "baseless claims."
The US State Department...
COMMENTARY — The growing threat of the Erdoğan regime in Turkey
By Abdullah Bozkurt
Turkey, under an overzealous Islamist president with a strong xenophobic character, has become a source of tension for its allies and partners...
Tension rises between Turkey and the Netherlands with tit-for-tat steps
Dutch police has detained Turkish Minister of Family and Social Policy Fatma Betül Sayan Kaya to deport her to Germany after declaring her "undesirable...
AKP member posts picture of machine gun, says awaiting orders from Turkey’s Erdoğan to...
Mehmet Aybek, a member of the Justice and Development Party (AKP) youth wing, on Thursday shared a photo on Facebook of an MP5 machine...
Turkish court sends 25-day-old Vedat Akif to prison together with his mother
Halime Kaman, who gave birth through the cesarean section 25 days ago, was arrested by an İstanbul court on Friday and sent to prison...
Turkey’s Erdoğan and Pope Francis meet in Vatican as Rome locked down in tight...
Turkish autocratic President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan made the first visit by a Turkish president to see the Pope in the Vatican in 59 years...
Fifth Turkish national detained in Malaysia as Najib Razak ramps up persecution of Erdoğan...
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A fifth case of arbitrary detention of a Turkish national by Malaysian authorities as part of escalating witch-hunt persecution of critics abroad by Turkey’s...
Report: Erdoğan constructing new regime in Turkey by gov’t decrees under rule of emergency
Brussels-based Platform for Peace and Justice (PPJ) has released a new report and underlined that a new regime is being built by the Justice and...
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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...
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...