Serial Killer Says He Carried Out People’s Will By ‘Executing’ Gülen Follower
Atalay Filiz, on trial for a series of murders in Turkey, said in his defense that one of his victims was a Gülen movement...
Abducted Turkish citizen Ümit Horzum delivered to police after 133 days of disappearance
Turkish citizen Ümit Horzum, who was kidnapped in Turkey’s capital of Ankara on December 6, 2017 over his alleged affiliation to the Gülen movement, was...
Jailed businessman Boydak: Money I sent to my children considered as support of a...
Jailed businessman Memduh Boydak, former CEO of Kayseri-based Boydak Holding, which was seized by Turkish government of autocratic President of Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has...
Giving birth at Gülen-linked Turkish hospital cited as reason for termination from job
Workers who were fired from their jobs at İzmir’s Ege University lost their jobs because they had a baby or received medical treatment at...
ECtHR notifies Turkey of 1,000 applications over Gülen movement convictions after landmark ruling
The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has notified Ankara of 1,000 applications in its docket for convictions of Gülen movement membership over the...
Turkish gov’t detains 831 in one week in witch hunt targeting Gülen movement
The Turkish Interior Ministry announced on Monday that a total of 831 people were detained in the past week as part of an ongoing...
Turkish court orders compensation for a victim of ByLock frenzy
A Turkish court has ordered compensation to be paid to one of many individuals falsely detained by police on suspicion of having been associated with...
TİM deputy head Kocasert and 5 businesman detained over alleged links to Gülen movement
Süleyman Kocasert, deputy chairman of Turkey's Exporter's Assembly (TİM) and the head of Denizli Exporters' Union (DENİB), was detained together with 5 other businessmen...
Turkish judiciary releases 3 men involved in murder of alleged child kidnapper
Turkish judicial authorities have released three men involved in the killing of a man who had allegedly attempted to abduct two children in İstanbul’s...
German gov’t says Turkey has not provided evidence proving Gülen’s involvement in coup
The German government has said Turkey has failed to present documents and evidence to German judicial authorities to prove the Gülen movement’s involvement in...
Latest Reports
Human Rights in Turkey: 2025 in Review
Download PDF
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
Download PDF
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
Download PDF
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
Download PDF
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...
Download PDF
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
Download PDF
This report focuses on how the Turkish government, under President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, has used family punishment against his opponents.
Sippenhaft, also known as...
Human Rights in Turkey: 2023 in Review
Download PDF
This report highlights the most important developments in the area of human rights in Turkey during the year 2023.
The May 2023 re-election of...
Hate speech and hate crimes against Syrian refugees in Turkey
Download PDF
This report focuses on the inflammatory rhetoric and illegal acts motivated by prejudice faced by refugees who fled the civil war in Syria...