287 lawyers arrested, 708 lawyers wanted as part of post-coup purge in Turkey
At least 287 lawyers are currently under arrest while detention warrants have been issued for 708 attorneys since a failed coup attempt on July...
Woman detained over links to Gülen movement after giving birth
A woman was detained less than 24 hours after delivering a baby yesterday for alleged affiliation with the Gülen movement, a faith-based group inspired...
Turkish police conduct raids to detain 37 for using messaging app ByLock
Police teams conducted raids on 26 locations on Friday morning in an effort to detain 37 people due to their alleged use of the...
21 re-detained journalists taken to police HQ in İstanbul
All 21 journalists who were arrested again early on Saturday, hours after being released pending trial on Friday, were taken to police headquarters after...
PACE welcomes return of Turkish opposition MP Berberoğlu to parliament
The Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) co-rapporteurs for the monitoring of Turkey, Thomas Hammarberg (Sweden, SOC) and John Howell (United Kingdom,...
Turkey celebrates May Day under emergency rule, over 200 people detained in İstanbul
Turkish riot police detained at least 207 people during May Day celebrations across İstanbul on Monday, according to a statement from the İstanbul Governor’s...
5 int’l rights groups call on CoE to urge Turkey to release Demirtaş
Five human rights groups have called on the Council of Europe (CoE) Committee of Ministers to urge Turkey to release Kurdish politician Selahattin Demirtaş...
Trustee removes name of slain Kurdish activist Elçi from park in Van
Hacı Asım Akgül, a trustee appointed by the government to Van’s Çatak Municipality, has removed the name of former Diyarbakır Bar Association head and...
Expelled lawmaker ordered to surrender to judicial authorities in 10 days
Ömer Faruk Gergerlioğlu, a politician and renowned human rights activist who was expelled from the Turkish Parliament last week, has received a notification from...
Jailed cartoonist receives more sentence due to a letter he sent to HDP’s Demirtaş
Jailed cartoonist Melih Gürler was given a 10 month prison sentence by a court over his allegedly insulting expressions in a letter he wrote...
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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...