TURKEY PURGE IN PAST 30 DAYS: 922 dismissed, 1,711 detained, 998 jailed over coup...
A huge cleansing of Turkey’s state and other institutions is continuing as people from all walks of life find themselves being hunted down and...
Turkish gov’t jails 84 pro-Kurdish mayors, seizes 54 municipalities to date
The Turkish government has arrested a total of 84 co-mayors from the pro-Kurdish Democratic Regions Party (DBP) in the past couple of months while...
Photos revealed showing torture of 4 men under Turkish police custody
Four men who were detained by police in İstanbul for carrying a pump-action rifle in their automobile were subjected to acts of torture at...
Barkey and Edelman: US should focus on detained State Department staff in Turkey
US President Donald Trump has a moral obligation to come to the aid of three State Department employees jailed in Turkey, wrote Henry J....
620 Turkish citizens have applied for asylum in Germany in July, ministry says
The number of Turkish citizens who fled Turkey following a failed coup last year and applied for asylum in Germany reached 620 in July,...
Turkish court releases Erdoğan critic Hanifi Barış, a Scottish university academic
Lawyer Hanifi Barış, an outspoken Aberdeen University academic who has been jailed in Turkey since July 4, 2018 for posting critical comments on social...
Asylum seeker in Panama faces extradition to Turkey despite risk of torture
Muaz Türkyılmaz, a Turkish businessman who was arrested at the airport as he was leaving Panama in September, is facing extradition to Turkey, where...
Turkey systematically and deliberately jails women as part of fear and intimidation campaign
Thousands of women, many with small children to take care of, were jailed in Turkey in an unprecedented crackdown and subjected to torture and...
17 detained as Turkish police intervene in Women’s Day celebrations in Ankara, Tekirdağ
Turkish police teams on Sunday detained 17 people involved in International Women’s Day celebrations in Ankara and Tekirdağ provinces.
Ten people were detained in front...
Thirty-year-old mother detained by Turkish police during her husband’s funeral
Thirty-year-old Esra Çelik was detained by Turkish police on Sunday as she was attending in the funeral of her husband Mehmet Çelik (30), who...
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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...
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...