UN subcommittee, experts call on member states to adopt non-discriminatory measures to reduce prison...
A United Nations subcommittee and a group of UN experts have called on member states to take non-discriminatory measures including the early release of...
Aggravated life sentences sought for police officers who exposed Erdoğan family’s corruption in 2013
An İstanbul prosecutor is seeking aggravated life sentences for 25 defendants on charges of attempting to overthrow the government due to their alleged involvement...
Turkish author Perihan Mağden: I feel like a Jew in Nazi Germany
Renowned Turkish author Perihan Mağden has assessed the anti-democratic practices and increasing pressures in Turkey and described the current period in Turkey by comparing...
Report shows Turkish democratic backslide worst of 41 states
During a period of democratic downturn in industrialized states around the world, Turkey’s backsliding from democracy has been the worst out of 41 countries...
UN slams Turkish government over widespread human rights violations
The United Nations’ annual human rights report, which was released in Geneva on Wednesday, has named Turkey as one of 50 countries in which human...
US Congressman: No credibility in charges by Turkey against Gülen
US Congressman Brad Sherman said on Thursday that charges against US-based Islamic scholar Fethullah Gülen by the Turkish government and Turkey's autocratic President Recep...
Turkish appeals judges’ defiance of top court sparks backlash, protests as crisis unfolds
The Turkish judiciary is facing an unprecedented crisis following the Supreme Court of Appeals’ refusal to comply with the Constitutional Court’s (AYM) ruling in...
Turkey’s justice minister says Gülen followers take Christian names in order to infiltrate Western...
Turkey’s Justice Minister Bekir Bozdağ said on Monday that followers of Gülen movement, change their Turkish names in order to infiltrate into the institutions...
Turkish author Yiğit sued by Erdoğan family, Islamist IHH over her book on ISIL
Family members and relatives of Turkish autocratic President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, including his son Bilal Erdoğan, son-in-law and Turkish Energy Minister Berat Albayrak, and...
Top court rules on ‘overly broad’ law on criminal organization membership
Turkey’s Constitutional Court has issued a "pilot judgment" about a provision of the Turkish Penal Code prescribing the penalty for offenses committed “on behalf...
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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...