Cornered Erdoğan to US: You can’t convict Turkey with virtual courts
As Turkish-Iranian gold trader Reza Zarrab revealed his tactics and accomplices in the Turkish government in violating US sanctions on Iran in a New...
European rights court slams convictions based on secret witness testimony
The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has ruled that secret witness testimony, which Turkish courts have accepted as evidence, particularly in the trials...
Turkey takes crackdown on press freedom beyond its borders, seeks extradition of journalist from...
In a new effort to silence government critics abroad, a Turkish court has requested the extradition of a Turkish journalist who is living in...
German minister: Ongoing detention of Kavala is clear violation of European Convention on Human...
Germany’s Minister of State for Europe Michael Roth said in a press release issued on June 4, 2020 that the ongoing detention of Turkish...
Critically ill cancer patient left in Turkey’s prison to die
The torture and ill-treatment in a mass scale in Turkey’s prisons and detention centers amid blatant abuse of pre-trial detentions for punishment of the...
Turkish gov’t spokesperson says identical uniforms for coup suspects may be enforced by decree
Turkey's Deputy Prime Minister and government spokesperson Bekir Bozdağ said on Tuesday that identical uniforms designed for jailed suspects in trials concerning a controversial...
HDP’s Demirtaş: My candidacy from prison a shame for Turkish politics and AKP
“My candidacy from prison is a shame for the political landscape in Turkey and the Justice and Development Party government," said Selahattin Demirtaş,...
Turkish gov’t still holding 126 construction workers under detention in İstanbul
Turkish police are still holding in custody 126 out of 401 workers who were detained after protests on Friday over labor conditions at the...
Social media posts reveal dismissed police officer subjected to torture for months in Turkish...
A.G., a 32-year-old police officer, who was dismissed as part of Turkish government’s post-coup purge of police department, has reportedly been kept in a...
Swedish Left Party head Sjöstedt says Turkish police threatened him to arrest
The chairman of the Swedish Left Party and parliamentarian Jonas Sjöstedt has said Turkish police threatened him to arrest in Ankara where he attempted...
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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...