Turkish university students jailed over alleged Gülen links still awaiting indictment 3 months on
Thirty-six people, most of them university students, are still in pretrial detention three months after they were jailed in western Turkey over alleged links...
Turkish police officer gets suspended 18-month sentence for killing Kurdish teenager
A Turkish regional appeals court on Wednesday handed down a suspended 18-month sentence to a police officer for the killing of a 16-year-old Kurdish...
Turkey indicts 7 journalists over alleged Gülen links, cites professional activities as evidence
Turkish prosecutors have indicted seven journalists on terrorism charges, citing professional activities, payments for their work and the use of messaging apps as evidence...
Turkish court orders main opposition leader to pay Erdoğan $16,500 over speeches
A Turkish court on Thursday ordered main opposition New Party leader Özgür Özel to pay President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan TL 800,000 ($16,500) in damages...
Turkish family with 5 children fights deportation from Switzerland
Switzerland is seeking to deport Dilan and Nihat Özgün and their five children after rejecting their asylum applications, the Bianet news website reported.
The couple...
Dutch court orders refugee protection for Turkish couple facing persecution over Gülen links
A Dutch court has overturned the rejection of asylum applications by a Turkish couple linked to the Gülen movement, ruling that they faced a...
Prison sentence over alleged Gülen links suspended after top court orders retrial
An İstanbul court has suspended the execution of a prison sentence of more than six years handed down over alleged links to the faith-based...
Turkey expands social media monitoring, reviewing 600,000 accounts in 2025
Turkey’s police and gendarmerie reviewed more than 600,000 social media accounts in 2025, identifying over 210,000 users for referral or further action, according to...
European Parliament rapporteur calls AKP takeover of İstanbul district a ‘blatant power grab’
Nacho Sánchez Amor, the European Parliament’s rapporteur on Turkey, has described the ruling Justice and Development Party’s (AKP) return to power in İstanbul’s Üsküdar...
Over 1,800 subjected to torture, 6,700 arbitrarily detained in Turkey in 2025: report
At least 1,842 people were subjected to torture or ill-treatment and 6,719 were arbitrarily detained in Turkey in 2025 as judicial pressure on government...
Latest Reports
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...