Turkish court accepts ‘you are not guilty’ note as crime evidence
High Criminal Court in Turkey's Bolu province has assessed a note found at the house of an alleged member of the Gülen movement saying "They...
Turkish bar associations: Disproportionate force used in civilian area
The Diyarbakır, Van and Hakkari bar associations released a report on the use of drones in Hakkari’s Oğul village and concluded that disproportionate force...
Turkish police officer wearing turban and robe suspended after complaints
Kuraner Erbaş, a police officer in Çanakkale’s Bayramiç district who was on duty wearing an Islamic turban and robe, was suspended on Friday over...
Report: Suspicious abductions in Turkey raise fears of state role
A series of mysterious kidnappings in Turkey is bringing back the fear of forced disappearances by state agencies in the mid-1990s, Politico has reported.
According...
Backlash from Congress grows over attack on protestors by Turkish security
As Turkey attempts to shift the blame to US law enforcement for a violent attack by Turkish security personnel on protestors outside the Turkish...
US President Trump asks Turkey’s Erdoğan to release jailed American pastor Brunson
The White House has announced that US President Donald Trump has asked visiting Turkey's autocratic President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan to release Andrew Craig Brunson, an...
Heinous terror attack in Stockholm: 4 people dead as truck ploughs into pedestrians
At least four people were dead and many more injured after a terror attack that saw a hijacked lorry ploughs into pedestrians outside a...
Turkish pro-gov’t columnist: Killing Gülen supporters a religious obligation
Hüseyin Adalan, a columnist for the pro-government Milat and Yenisöz newspapers, has tweeted that killing people affiliated with Turkey’s Gülen movement is a “religious...
Erdoğan: Europe is the center of Nazism today
Continuing to attack European Union (EU) countries during his nonstop “yes” campaign ahead of an April 16 referendum on a switch to an executive...
German Ministry confirms connection between violent gang and Turkish gov’t
Germany's North Rhine-Westphalian Ministry of Interior has confirmed that they have been assessing the relations between a violent Turkish gang group, which is in...
Latest Reports
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...