Turkey’s Transnational Repression: Abuse of asset freezing mechanisms under the pretext of prevention of...
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This report focuses on how the Turkish government’s decisions to freeze assets based on the pretext of preventing the financing of terrorism have...
Latest victim of Turkish government’s persecution becomes days-old baby Vedat Akif
Everyday a new tragedy has been added to the story of massive persecution in Turkey where more than 17,000 innocent women and over 700...
ECtHR faults Turkey for detaining 82 judges and prosecutors after failed 2016 coup
The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) ruled on Tuesday that Turkey violated the European Convention on Human Rights by detaining 82 judges and...
Turkish Deputy PM Bozdağ claims 110,778 people dismissed from public duties by government decrees
Turkey's Deputy Prime Minister and government spokesperson Bekir Bozdağ has stated on Wednesday that 110,778 people were dismissed from their public duties by the...
ECtHR faults Turkey for detention of media executive Karaca
The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has faulted Turkey in the case of Hidayet Karaca, a prominent journalist and the former chief executive...
Court adjourns trial of Turkish journalists facing terror charges
An İstanbul court on Friday adjourned the trial of 28 journalists charged with membership in a terrorist organization to March 7-8 as the journalists...
Turkey released Kazakh ISIL suspect wanted by INTERPOL for lack of evidence
Turkish authorities have released pending trial a Kazakh national wanted by INTERPOL on suspicion of membership in the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant...
Turkish man with $1 bills acquitted of Gülen links after admitting cocaine purchase
Mehmet Sinan İnce, a lawyer who had represented Turkey’s infamous mob boss Alaattin Çakıcı, was acquitted by a Turkish court of membership in the...
Turkey’s top court finds rights violations in continued imprisonment of MP
Turkey’s Constitutional Court has ruled that the country violated the rights of an opposition lawmaker who was not released from prison despite gaining parliamentary...
Kosovo President Thaçi slams detention of 6 Turkish citizens over links to Gülen movement
Kosovo's President Hashim Thaçi has reacted to the arrest on Thursday of six Turkish citizens and said, "Today we are disappointed because our relevant institutions,...
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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...