Ailing vegetarian inmate given disciplinary punishment for storing olives
Kübra Demir, an ailing vegetarian inmate in eastern Turkey who has been behind bars for three years on conviction of membership in the faith-based...
Turkish gov’t detains 527 people for alleged links to Gülen movement over last week
The Turkish government has detained 527 people across Turkey over the past week (May 14-May 21) as part of its massive post-coup witch hunt...
Turkish top court’s ruling on Erdoğan’s propaganda center deleted amid Instagram ban
A ruling by Turkey’s top court that canceled certain powers of the Presidential Communications Directorate, viewed by many as President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s propaganda...
Turkish citizen, companies designated as global terrorists by US Treasury
The US Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) on Thursday designated as Specially Designated Global Terrorists (SDGTs) a Turkish citizen...
Turkey drops to 118th place in 2025 global rule of law index
Turkey was ranked 118th among 143 countries in the 2025 “WJP Rule of Law Index” published by the World Justice Project on Wednesday, dropping one place...
Turkish gov’t launches investigation into Atatürkist organization over ‘coup tweet’
The Ankara Chief Public Prosecutor’s Office on Monday launched an investigation into the Atatürkist Thought Organization (ADD) over a tweet shared yesterday on the...
Two members of Turkish TV watchdog apply to YSK demanding removal of TRT head...
Two members of Turkey’s Radio and Television Supreme Council (RTÜK) have applied to the country’s Supreme Election Board (YSK) seeking the removal of public...
Turkey becomes 149th most peaceful country in the world under Erdoğan’s rule
Turkey has become the 149th most peaceful county among 163 countries in the world, according to the Global Peace Index 2018 (GPI) report released by...
UN Human Rights Council calls on Turkish gov’t to release Kaçmaz couple immediately
The Working Group on Arbitrary Detention of the UN Human Rights Council has called on the Turkish government to immediately release Mesut Kaçmaz and...
Turkish President Erdoğan calls pro-Kurdish HDP’s candidate Demirtaş ‘top terrorist’
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, who on Monday said pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) presidential candidate Selahattin Demirtaş was deserving of the death penalty...
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Turkey’s Post-Coup Crackdown, 10 Years On: A Decade’s Legacy
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This report examines how the sweeping measures introduced in Turkey following the coup attempt of July 15, 2016 evolved over the next decade...
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...