Turkish private killed after being beaten with helmet by his senior
Turkish soldier on compulsory military service in the Marmara province of Bursa died on November 29, 2017, 54 days after being beaten with a...
COMMENTARY — Radical Islamists tapped to be judges and prosecutors in Turkey
By Abdullah Bozkurt
A key pro-government association rooted in religious fanaticism and a jihadist mindset has been serving as a springboard for staffing Turkey’s judiciary...
Turkish gov’t issues detention warrant for prominent US diplomat McGurk
Turkish government has issued a detention warrant for Brett McGurk, US Special Presidential Envoy for the Global Coalition to Counter the Islamic State in...
HDP’s jailed co-chair Demirtaş to appear before court for first time 399 days after...
Selahattin Demirtaş, the jailed co-chair of the pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) is set to appear in court on Thursday for the first time...
German federal prosecutors drop Turkish imams’ spying probe amid thaw with Turkey
German prosecutors on Wednesday said they were dropping a case against several Turkish imams suspected of spying for Turkey due to insufficient evidence and...
US slams Erdoğan’s henchman Ünal’s threats targeting Turkish journalists in exile
US State Department officially reacted to former speechwriter and a favourite henchman of Turkish autocratic President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and current ruling Justice and...
Turkish police wait to detain another women just hours after delivery
Turkish government, which has imprisoned at least 700 babies so far, is now trying to imprison one more mother together with her newly born...
At least 27 women killed as victim of domestic violence in Turkey in November
At least 27 women were killed in and 29 children were subjected to sexual abuse in Turkey in November 2017, a prominent woman rights...
Erdoğan’s henchman threatens exiled Turkish journalists with extrajudicial killings
Former speechwriter and a favourite henchman of Turkish autocratic President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and current ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) deputy Aydın Ünal...
Turkish soldier torturing a kitten detained following widespread outrage
Following the footage of a cat being tortured by a Turkish Armed Forces soldier has drawn widespread outrage on social media, perpetrator of the torture,...
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Turkey’s Crackdown on the Main Opposition and the Kurdish Political Movement: 2025 in Review
Turkey's political opposition faced intensifying pressure in 2025, with the judiciary emerging as the primary instrument for targeting dissenting voices. The most far-reaching measures...
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Turkey's record on torture and ill-treatment continued to deteriorate in 2025, despite its commitments under international human rights conventions.
Throughout the year human rights organizations...
Turkey’s Transnational Repression: 2025 in Review
Turkey's campaign of transnational repression against critics abroad continued throughout 2025. Since a coup attempt in July 2016, President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s long arm...
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During the year Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan continued to relentlessly pursue anyone with alleged links with the faith-based Gülen movement, which he described...
Women’s rights in Turkey: 2025 in Review
The state of women’s rights in Turkey showed no meaningful improvement in 2025, as longstanding problems persisted and new challenges emerged. Femicides, institutional failures...
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 highlights the most important developments in the area of human rights in Turkey during the year 2024.
Throughout the year Turkey continued...