CHP deputy claims Öksüz and Işık met a day ahead of coup attempt in...
Turkey's main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) deputy Eren Erdem has claimed that Adil Öksüz who is believed to have been the civilian leader...
PACE to discuss and vote on degrading Turkey’s status to monitoring process on Tuesday
The Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) is scheduled to meet on Tuesday to discuss whether to degrade Turkey’s status and reopen...
Judges Özçelik and Başer sentenced with 10 years of prison over alleged Gülen links
Dismissed and arrested judges Metin Özçelik and Mustafa Başer were sentenced to 10 years of imprisonment by 16th Penal Chamber of the Court of...
US Attorney’s Office vows to prove cooperation of high level Turkish and Iranian officials...
The New York District General Attorney’s Deputy Michael Lockart has urged that as the Attorney’s Office they “will prove the cooperation and coordination between...
Turkish President Erdoğan’s chief advisor Bulut threatens EU
Yiğit Bulut, a chief advisor of Turkey's autocratic President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, on Monday threatened the European Union (EU), warning them to refrain any...
Victims of 1915 “Armenian genocide” commemorated in İstanbul
Armenian victims of atrocities and a forced deportation in a volume of genocide carried out by the Ottoman Empire in 1915 were commemorated in...
Man arrested for insulting Turkey’s President Erdoğan on social media
One out of four individuals who were recently detained in Eskişehir province on charges of insulting Turkey's autocratic President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on social...
Wife: Jailed former prosecutor, heavy cancer patient, needs urgent health care
The wife of a former prosecutor, İbrahim Ethem Kuriş, who has been kept in prison for 9 months over alleged involvement into the coup attempt...
4-year-old visits her dad in jail wearing T-shirt with her newborn brother’s picture
While millions of children were celebrating the National Sovereignty and Children’s Day on April 23 with joy, there were hundreds of children who were barred...
Woman looking after disabled children alone as prosecutor husband under arrest for 270 days
Hacer Çakmak is only one of the hundreds of thousands of people who found themselves facing tremendous difficulties after the government started a desperate...
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Turkey’s Crackdown on the Gülen Movement: 2025 in Review
During the year Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan continued to relentlessly pursue anyone with alleged links with the faith-based Gülen movement, which he described...
Women’s rights in Turkey: 2025 in Review
The state of women’s rights in Turkey showed no meaningful improvement in 2025, as longstanding problems persisted and new challenges emerged. Femicides, institutional failures...
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...
Human Rights in Turkey: 2023 in Review
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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...