Turkish gov’t releases 201 people who jailed over ByLock allegedly by mistake
Turkish government has released 201 people, including police officers, military officers, teachers, lawyers and journalists beside of Şükrü Önder, former deputy of ruling Justice and...
Trustees appointed to companies of 32 purge victims
Trustees were appointed on Friday to the companies of 32 people who are partners in various companies in Turkey’s Aegean province of Uşak due...
Reports reveal criminal neglect in case of academic who died of COVID-19 in prison
Evidence of criminal neglect is emerging as reports claim that jailed academic Halil Şimşek, who died in western Çanakkale Prison after contracting COVID-19, had...
Members of Congress ask Pompeo to urge Turkish gov’t to release political prisoners
Three Democratic members of the US House of Representatives have recently sent letters to Secretary of State Mike Pompeo requesting that he urge the...
Erdoğan vows to clean communist youths out of Turkish universities
Autocratic Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on Saturday lambasted students at Bogaziçi University who protested other students for commemorating soldiers killed in a military...
Erdoğan admits being behind arrests of thousands in post-coup purge
Turkey's autocratic President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has said the Justice and Development Party (AKP) government and himself are behind the arrests of thousands of...
Turkish parliament expels opposition lawmaker known for human rights activism
Turkey's parliament on Wednesday expelled opposition MP and prominent human rights defender Ömer Faruk Gergerlioğlu after a controversial conviction over a social media post,...
CoE to meet with Turkey’s state of emergency investigation commission this month
Officials from the Council of Europe (CoE) will meet with members of Turkey’s State of Emergency Procedures Investigation Commission (OHAL Commission), established following a controversial coup...
Turkish gov’t sentences 4 more military officers to aggravated life imprisonments over coup attempt
An Ankara court has sentenced four more military officers to aggravated life imprisonment on Thursday for their alleged involvement in the controversial coup attempt...
Jailed 73-year-old journalist Alpay: Being accused of coup-plotting, terrorism greatest irony of my life
Şahin Alpay, one of the many journalists arrested following the closure of Zaman daily, has put his thoughts on his impending Supreme Court trial...
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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...