Turkey’s key coup suspect denies meeting Gülen and involvement in putsch
Kemal Batmaz, one of the key suspects of Turkey’s July 2016 coup attempt, has denied meeting Fethullah Gülen and organizing the putsch on the...
Turkish neighborhood heads given firearms training by police at shooting range
A group of neighborhood heads (mukhtars) have been given firearms training with Kalashnikovs and handguns at a shooting range in the northwestern province of...
US could seek $37,5 bln over Turkey’s Halkbank’s violation of Iran sanctions
A demand for as much as $37,5 billion could be the opening move for US authorities seeking to punish Turkey’s state-run Halkbank for violating...
EP head Tajani: No place for Turkey in EU without a radical change
Antonio Tajani, president of the European Parliament (EP), has said that developments concerning press freedom in Turkey are a sign that “Turkey is turning...
Erdoğan’s henchmen call on Turkish gov’t to seize assets of all Gülen movement followers...
Journalists Cem Küçük and Fuat Uğur, staunch supporters of Turkish autocratic President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, called on the government to seize all assets of...
Turkish prosecutor facing trial over illegal financial gain also implicated in murder of politician:...
Turkish prosecutor Okan Bato, already facing trial for an unexplained increase in his personal wealth, is now also suspected in the 2019 murder of a politician,...
BBC: Numbers behind Turkey’s state of emergency crackdown speak for themselves
Almost two years after a military coup attempt on July 15, 2016, more than 50,000 people have been imprisoned pending trial and more than...
Persecution in Turkey left kids with a Down Syndrome suffering tremendously
The unrelenting witch-hunt persecution against critics and opponents in Turkey by county’s Islamist rulers knows no boundaries when it comes to traumatizing kids and...
70,000 students behind bars in Turkey
A total of 70,000 students who have either been convicted of a crime or are in pretrial detention are currently in Turkey’s jails, while...
Pro-Kurdish HDP deputy Becerikli detained at Turkish airport
A deputy from the pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP), Saadet Becerikli, was detained on Saturday in Turkey’s southeastern town of Batman.
Becerikli was taken into...
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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...