Turkish gov’t hypocrisy exposed in the case of arrested journalist
Turkish government issued an alert on a wanted terrorist for his links to deadly Iran-backed terror group called Tevhid Selam yet the same government...
Int’l press bodies to call on Turkish gov’t to free jailed journalists
The world’s leading media organizations, including the International Press Institute (IPI), PEN International, Reporters Without Borders (RSF), the Association of European Journalists (AEJ), Article...
Ankara mayor Gökçek reiterates that regular citizens are armed
Mayor of Ankara Melih Gökçek wrote from his Twitter account on Thursday that regular citizens are armed and that a new coup attempt would...
Erdoğan says Turkey may hold another referendum to reinstate death penalty
President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has said Turkey may hold a new referendum on whether to reinstate the death penalty following a public referendum that...
Jailed Turkish journalist Gürsel nominated for UNESCO’s World Press Freedom Prize
The Reporters Without Borders (RSF) has nominated Turkish jailed journalist Kadri Gürsel as a candidate for UNESCO’s Guillermo Cano World Press Freedom Prize. The...
European Court of Human Rights decides to evaluate Altan brothers’ plea
The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has decided to evaluate the application of imprisoned authors and journalists Ahmet Altan and Mehmet Altan, citing...
Female judge, academics detained over ByLock use in Hakkari and Erzurum
A female judge, identified with initials N.Ş.D., has been detained in Hakkari province as part of an investigation targeting the Gülen movement, which President...
HDP’s Baydemir takes military blockade and torture in Koruköy to Parliament’s agenda
Pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) Şanlıurfa deputy Osman Baydemir talked about developments in Koruköy village of the Nusaybin district of southeastern Mardin province during...
German union claims Turkey asked students to spy on Erdoğan critics
A German education union claimed on Thursday that Turkish diplomats in Germany have been urging students from the diaspora to spy on their teachers...
PACE report lambasts Turkey on severe restrictions to access to a lawyer
A draft report by the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) lambasted Turkey on severe restrictions placed on access to lawyers by...
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Turkey's record on torture and ill-treatment continued to deteriorate in 2025, despite its commitments under international human rights conventions.
Throughout the year human rights organizations...
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Turkey's campaign of transnational repression against critics abroad continued throughout 2025. Since a coup attempt in July 2016, President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s long arm...
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...
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Weaponized Diplomacy: How Erdoğan Uses Turkish Missions for Transnational Repression
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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...
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