PURGE IN LAST 15 DAYS: 1257 detained, 264 jailed in Turkey over coup charges
A massive post-coup witch hunt campaign conducted by political Islamist AKP government to cleanse of Turkey’s state and other institutions has been continuing as...
Lawyer arrested on Gülen links denied parole despite eligibility
Arif Özer, a lawyer who was sentenced to seven years, six months in prison on alleged links to the Gülen movement has been denied...
Turkey’s Kılıçdaroğlu: Pilot who informed of coup beforehand recruited by MİT to prevent him...
Turkey's main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) Chairman Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu claimed on Tuesday that Maj. O.K., a pilot who informed Turkey’s National Intelligence Organization...
Turkish police detain expelled rights advocate MP Gergerlioğlu
Turkish police on Friday detained a politician from a pro-Kurdish party two weeks after his expulsion from parliament over terror charges linked to a...
Reuters research says 60 percent of Turks don’t trust mainstream media
Sixty percent of Turkish people do not trust the news published in the mainstream media, according to a Digital News Report published by the...
Engineer jailed over Gülen links dies of cancer after belated release from prison
Industrial engineer Abdülazim Özdemir, 49, who was diagnosed with liver cancer during his 24-month incarceration on terrorism charges, died on Friday in Ankara, the...
Turkey’s Justice Minister Bozdağ says 50,504 arrested since coup attempt
Turkish Justice Minister Bekir Bozdağ said on Friday that since a controversial coup attempt last July, 50,504 people have been arrested and 168,801 are...
Gendarmerie commander responsible for burning down Kurdish village, killing 9, Turkish court says
Bülent Karaoğlu, a former gendarmerie officer, was responsible for the burning down of the southeastern Turkish village of Altınova (Vartinis) in 1993, which caused...
COMMENTARY — Is ISIL setting its sights on Sweden as a place to settle?
By Abdullah Bozkurt
In what is seen as a deliberate and systematic pattern, Turkey’s Islamist government continues to fail in cracking down on jihadist networks...
Lawyer convicted on terrorism charges for representing Gülen
Adnan Şeker, a lawyer whose clients included US-based Turkish cleric Fethullah Gülen, was on Thursday convicted of membership in a terrorist organization by an...
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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...
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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...