HDP Deputy And Spokesperson Bilgen and MP Botan detained again
Pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) deputy and the party’s spokesperson Ayhan Bilgen, who was detained at Ankara Esenboğa Airport on Sunday, has been detained...
Former TRT announcer detained as tries to flee from Turkey
Former TRT announcer Hamza Günerigök has been detained as he was trying to flee from Turkey to Greece in illegal ways. The government has...
HDP deputy İdris Baluken released
HDP deputy İdris Baluken, who was arrested on Nov. 4, 2016 in the framework of an investigation opened by a prosecutor in Bingöl province,...
Turkey seized 809 companies with worth $10 billion
Turkish government has effectively nationalized 809 companies by taking over their management or turning them over to the Treasury as of January 2017 as...
Police briefly detain businessman over declaring his ‘no’ vote in referandum
Police briefly detained a shopkeeper in Bursa on Sunday after an ‘informant citizen’ reported that he asked people to vote ‘no’ in a referandum...
Pro-Kurdish district mayor in Ağrı arrested on terror charges
A pro-Kurdish district mayor in the eastern province of Ağrı has been arrested as part of a terrorism probe.
Pro-Kurdish Democratic Regions Party (DBP) mayor...
Detention warrants issued for 15 at Air Forces Command over Gülen links
Turkish prosecutors have issued detention warrants for 10 officers and five civilians at the Air Forces Command over their alleged links to the faith-based...
625 detained, 42 arrested in anti-Gülen operations in one week
A total of 625 people were detained, with 42 of them put under arrest, in operations targeting the faith-based Gülen movement over the past...
Police wait outside hospital to detain woman following delivery
A group of police officers awaited outside of the Antalya’s Alanya Başkent Hospital in order to detain a woman who gave birth several hours...
301 lawyers in jail, over 100 lawyers wanted in Turkey
According to data compiled by ‘Arrested Lawyers Initiative’, 301 lawyers are currently in jail and arrest warrants have been issued by courts about more...
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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...
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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...