AKP Deputy Külünk accused of giving money to Turkish gang in Germany to buy...
Metin Külünk, a deputy from Turkey's ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) led by autocratic Islamist President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, has been accused in...
Turkey’s main opposition leader: Government uses emergency rule to fight opposition
Turkey's main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) Chairman Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu has slammed the intention to extend the state of emergency for the sixth time...
Turkish police officer, suspended over alleged Gülen links, commits suicide
İbrahim Eski, a police officer who was suspended from his duty in the framework of an investigation carried out as part of Turkish government's...
SCF report on Malaysia exposes abductions by Erdoğan’s long arm in Asia
Turkey has adopted a new thuggish tactic in persecuting its critics and opponents abroad by orchestrating abductions, enforced disappearance and extrajudicial renditions in addition...
Turkish government’s long arm failed to abduct Gülen-affiliated teacher in Moldova
Turgay Şen, the general director of the Orizont High School in the Moldovan capital of Chisinau, has claimed asylum in the country in order to escape...
Pro-Erdoğan journalist calls on assassins to take refuge in Turkey
In reaction to a decision on the part of Greece not to extradite eight Turkish soldiers who sought political asylum following a failed coup...
Erdoğanist university rector: Shaking hands with women ‘more horrific than holding fire’
Professor Mustafa Talk Gönüllü, the rector of Adıyaman University, who was appointed by Turkish autocratic President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, has claimed that shaking hands...
CPJ calls on Turkey to find murderers of Syrian journalist, mother
The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) called on the Turkish government to find those responsible for the murder of Syrian-American journalist Halla Barakat and...
Turkey’s main opposition leader slams police violence against ‘Saturday Mothers’
Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu, the leader of Turkey's main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP), said on Sunday that only a dictatorial administration would order a police...
Germany discusses ‘the long arm of Turkey’s Erdoğan’ in the country
A debate over a meeting between Turkish-German football players Mesut Özil and İlkay Gündoğan and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan is continuing in Germany.
According...
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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...