EP urges immediate release of prominent Turkish rights activist/businessman
Turkey Rapporteur for the European Parliament (EP) Kati Piri shared on Twitter a cross-party letter signed by members of the EP primarily involved in...
Gülen movement confirms botched plot against jailed followers in Turkey on election night
The Alliance for Shared Values (AfSV), the official representative of the Gülen movement in the United States, in an online statement on Sunday, confirmed...
Pro-Kurdish party declines to present oral defense to top court in act of protest
Turkey’s pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP), the subject of a closure case, has decided not to present an oral defense at the Constitutional Court...
Turkish police re-detain Kurdish Mayor Yaşar after her release from prison
Figen Yaşar, the Kurdish co-mayor of the Bulanık district of Muş province, was again taken into custody by police on Wednesday following her release...
Turkish government bans access to critical Ahval news website
The Turkish Telecommunications Authority (BTK) on Wednesday imposed an access ban on the critical news website ahvalnews.com as the Turkish government’s crackdown on the...
Officer convicted on coup charges not allowed to attend wife’s funeral
Muhammed Macit, a second lieutenant in the Turkish military who was convicted on coup charges, was not allowed to attend his wife’s funeral after...
Turkish prosecutor accuses 3 pro-Kurdish HDP deputies of sharing alleged terror propaganda on social...
A Turkish prosecutor issued summaries of proceedings on Wednesday for three pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) deputies for social media messages criticizing a Turkish...
Pakistani human rights lawyer: We will go down to root of official lies in...
Asma Jilani Jahangir, renowned Pakistani human rights lawyer and social activist who co-founded and chaired the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan and the lawyer...
Turkish gov’t issues detention warrants for at least 271 people over alleged links to...
Turkish government has issued detention warrants for 271 people in Konya, Ankara and İzmir-based investigations on Wednesday as part of its massive post-coup witch...
Turks’ asylum applications in Germany up 12.3 pct in first two months of 2024
Turkish nationals filed 12.3 percent more applications for asylum in Germany in the first two months of 2024 than the number submitted in the...
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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...