Erdoğan adviser signals possible break with European rights system after Kavala ruling
A senior adviser to Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has suggested that Turkey could reconsider its participation in the European human rights system after...
Retired Turkish admiral faces up to 6 years over 2023 remarks on change of...
Turkish prosecutors are seeking a prison sentence of up to six years for retired rear admiral Türker Ertürk over remarks he made before the...
Turkey opens murder probe involving Süleymanlılar leader as 10 more jailed
Turkish prosecutors have opened a murder investigation into the 2016 death of a religious group leader, naming his successor Alihan Kuriş among several...
Rights defenders, politicians call for Kavala’s release after ECtHR faults Turkey over his conviction
Rights groups, opposition politicians and legal scholars on Tuesday called for the release of philanthropist and businessman Osman Kavala after Europe’s human rights court...
Seriously ill Kurdish prisoner suffers heart attack after third delay of conditional release
Kurdish prisoner Mehmet Sait Yıldırım, 75, was hospitalized due to a heart attack on Monday after a Turkish prison administration postponed his conditional release...
Turkish prosecutors question journalists association president over statement denouncing political pressure on media
Turkish prosecutors questioned the head of the İzmir Journalists Association (İGC) on Monday regarding a statement issued by the association criticizing politicians from Turkey’s...
European rights court orders Turkey to free Osman Kavala, says conviction is null and...
The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) on Tuesday ordered Turkey to release imprisoned philanthropist Osman Kavala without delay and said his criminal conviction...
HRW says Turkey’s child sentencing law violates global standards
Human Rights Watch (HRW) on Tuesday called on Turkey to amend a new law that allows courts to give adult sentences to children, warning that the...
Turkey detains 38 in third wave of raids on religious group
Turkish police on Tuesday detained 38 people in a third series of raids in an investigation into alleged financial crimes linked to a religious...
Turkey orders detention of 5 football fans over racist display targeting Kurdish club
Turkish prosecutors have ordered the detention of five Kocaelispor supporters over a racist display targeting fans of Kurdish football club Amedspor during a Süper...
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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...