Turkish football club chairman briefly detained in post-coup investigation
Ahmet Şan, the chairman of Turkey’s Atiker Konyaspor football club, was briefly detained as part of an investigation into the Gülen movement, which the...
Turkish academic disinvited by Koç University due to ‘politically sensitive’ paper
Turkey’s Koç University has rejected the presentation of an academic paper at a workshop, finding it politically too sensitive for the current extreme conditions...
US says White House, State Department support ambassador in Turkey
The US Ambassador to Turkey, John Bass, has the support of the White House and US State Department in his decision to suspend visa...
Two journalists detained in Turkey based on ‘reasonable suspicion’
Two journalists working for the Dihaber news website, Erdoğan Alayumat and Nuri Akman, were detained on Thursday evening in Turkey's southeastern province of Gaziantep...
COMMENTARY — Erdoğan’s Pelican conspiracy in Turkey’s propaganda war
By Abdullah Bozkurt
Perhaps the most conniving and cunning arm of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s mammoth propaganda machine is a little-known clandestine group called...
Turkey aiming to increase capacity of its prisons to 500,000 by 2024, says ...
The Turkish government is working to increase the capacity of its prisons to 500,000 by 2024, said Ömer Faruk Gergerlioğlu, a human rights defender...
Turkish gov’t detains dozens, issues detention warrants for 60 people over alleged Gülen links
Turkish government has issued detention warrants for 60 people on Thursday over their alleged links to the Gülen movement as part of its massive...
İstanbul Mayor Topbaş resigns from post after dispute with AKP council members
İstanbul Metropolitan Municipality Mayor Kadir Topbaş announced Friday his resignation after 13 years of service. The resignation follows disputes in the municipality administration, after Topbaş...
Turkey detains more businessmen, academicians, teachers in post-coup witch hunt
Police detained Yalova Chamber of Commerce and Industry (YTSO) chairman along with its 4 board members as part of a post-coup witch hunt campaign targeting...
RSF: Turkey is the world’s biggest jailer of professional journalists
Turkey has moved up three places to 154th in Reporters Without Borders' (RSF) 2020 World Press Freedom Index, which examines the status of press...
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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...