29 businessmen, doctors detained in Denizli over alleged coup involvement
A total of twenty-nine businessmen and doctors were detained over alleged links to the Gülen movement, which the government accuses of masterminding the July 15...
Turkish Justice Ministry: Jailed presidential candidate Demirtaş’s right to be elected not violated
Turkey’s Justice Ministry has said jailed politician Selahattin Demirtaş’s right to be elected was not violated although he had to conduct his campaign for...
Turkish Constitutional Court refuses to release hunger striker Gülmen and Özakça
The Turkish Constitutional Court has rejected a petition for the release of two fired educators, Nuriye Gülmen and Semih Özakça, who have been on...
Turkey bans access to 18 web pages, including sites revealing facts about failed coup
A Turkish court has banned access to 18 web pages, including Twitter accounts, news websites and blogs that reveal facts about a failed coup...
Davut Türkel, a 59-years-old detainee, dies under police custody in Turkey
59-years-old Davut Türkel was added to the list of those who suspiciously died under the custody of Turkish police in the aftermath of a...
COMMENTARY — Turkey becomes a magnet for Islamist extremists under Erdoğan’s rule
By Abdullah Bozkurt
As the project of dismantling Turkey’s republican institutions including the military and judiciary is nearing an end, the regime of President Recep...
Academic Gülmen in critical condition as the hunger strike hits 61st day in Turkey
Academic Nuriye Gülmen suffered from low blood pressure on May 8, or the 61st day in a hunger strike she has been staging along...
NBA star Kanter says he fled Indonesia after Turkey’s intelligence pursued him
NBA Oklahoma City Thunder player Enes Kanter, who was briefly detained on Saturday at an airport in Romania upon a request from the Turkish...
Int’l judicial platform calls on Turkey to restore rule of law, abide by ECtHR...
An international platform established by four judges associations in Europe to promote the rule of law in Turkey has called on the country to...
Police detain Kurdish mayor, hang Turkish flag on facade of town hall
A group of police officers in plain clothes detained Mehmet Aydın, the mayor of Mardin’s Savur district from the pro-Kurdish Democratic Regions Party (DBP) and...
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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...