Turkish President Erdoğan: George and Hans cannot defeat us
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan accused foreign powers of trying to “weaken” the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) after the Turkish government criticized...
Turkish public TV allocates 105 minutes to President Erdoğan, 18 seconds to HDP’s Demirtaş...
Turkey's state-run broadcasting company TRT has allocated 105 minutes of airtime to Turkey's incumbent President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, the candidate of the ruling Justice...
Turkish court releases 14 Boğaziçi students arrested for criticizing Syria operation
The İstanbul 32nd High Criminal Court on Wednesday released 14 Boğaziçi University students from pretrial detention in the first hearing of their trial on...
EU report: Turkey’s ruling AKP commissioned ISIL for Ankara massacre
A report by the European Union's official intelligence body, EU INTCEN, has suggested that the October 10, 2015 suicide bombing of a peace march outside the...
Video shows Turkey’s Erdoğan pressuring party officials to ensure HDP remains under election threshold
Turkish President and Justice and Development Party (AKP) leader Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has urged his party’s local officials to ensure that the pro-Kurdish Peoples’...
US Senate passes bill that could block sale of F-35 fighters to Turkey
The US Senate on Monday voted in favour of blocking the transfer of 100 F-35 fighter jets to Turkey, following months of increasing tension...
Facebook favors Erdoğan-related content over opposition news in Turkey
Turkey's online news outlet T24 published an article on Friday saying that when they have tried to boost the reach of content on Facebook...
Strange case of Amnesty’s Kılıç: Turkish prosecutor could find no crime, court could not...
Taner Kılıç (49) is a Turkish human rights advocate and one of the founders of Amnesty International's (AI) Turkey branch. He has served as...
Yet another purge victim dies in Turkish prison
Şafak Demir, one of the thousands of teachers removed from their posts by government decrees due to their alleged links to the Gülen movement...
Turkish court sentences former Kurdish co-mayor to 10 years in prison
A Turkish court has sentenced the former co-mayor of Turkey’s southeastern city of Siirt to 10 years in prison on terrorism-related offences, according to...
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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...