Erdoğainst Turks get Le Point ad removed from billboard in France
A group of Turks in Avignon, France, succeeded in the removal of a publicity poster for the French magazine Le Point, which in its...
Turkish police officers guarding Erdoğan on night of coup attempt arrested, judge says
Emirşah Baştoğ, presiding judge of the Muğla 2nd High Criminal Court, where a trial of suspected putschist soldiers is being heard, said on Saturday...
Ötüken Union Party, an openly racist/fascist political party, founded in Turkey
The Ötüken Union Party, Turkey’s first openly racist and fascist political party, was established on Dec. 20, 2017, according to a report by online...
Erdoğan calls on Turks in Europe to defy ‘grandchildren of Nazism’
Turkey's autocratic President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has called on Turkish voters in Europe on Monday to defy the “grandchildren of Nazism” and back a...
Presenter of Turkey’s Erdoğanist Akit TV vows to start killing civilians in İstabul’s secular...
Ahmet Keser, the presenter for “Gün Başlıyor,” broadcast on the radical Islamist Akit TV channel, which is a staunch supporter of Turkey's Islamist and...
Turkey’s DİTİB not to take part in ‘March Against Terror’ in Germany
The Cologne-based Turkish-Islamic Union for Religious Affairs (DİTİB) is not taking part in a “March Against Terror,” which will be participated in by thousands...
Turkish gov’t issues detention warrants for 58 over links to Kimse Yok Mu charity
Detention warrants were issued for 58 people by the Diyarbakır Chief Prosecutor’s Office on Tuesday on accusations that they were linked to the Kimse...
Malaysia gov’t does Erdoğan’s bidding in persecuting Gülen movement members
The crackdown by Malaysia government on critics and opponents of Turkey's autocratic President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan in Kuala Lumpur, appeared to have taken place...
Turkish Interior Minister Soylu orders police to ‘break leg’ extrajudicially
Turkey's Interior Minister Süleyman Soylu has given order to police officers to execute the criminals without trial and stated that “It’s police’s duty to break...
Human Rights Watch: Torture in custody, abductions continue in Turkey
People in Turkey accused of links to terrorism or with the 2016 military coup attempt have been tortured in police custody while others have...
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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...
Torture, Ill-treatment and Prison Conditions in Turkey: 2025 in Review
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...
Turkey’s Crackdown on the Gülen Movement: 2025 in Review
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 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...