Turkey jails former reporter over footage shot 15 years ago
A Turkish court on Monday jailed former Cihan News Agency reporter Osman Arslan pending trial over footage he shot 15 years ago of intelligence...
More than 450 groups from 65 countries urge Turkey to end criminalization of LGBTI+...
More than 450 civil society organizations from 65 countries have called on Turkey to end what they described as the criminalization of the LGBTI+...
Turkish actor gives police statement over joke about state-appointed trustees
Turkish actor and director Müfit Can Saçıntı gave a police statement over a criminal complaint stemming from a joke he made about state-appointed trustees...
İstanbul Bar Association reports beatings, rights violations in anti-LGBTQ+ crackdown
Detainees were beaten, kept handcuffed for hours and denied access to lawyers and medical care during a recent crackdown on LGBTQ+ people and organizations...
Turkish academic dismissed by post-coup decree wins Berlin parliament seat
Betül Havva Yılmaz, a Turkish academic who signed a 2016 peace petition and was dismissed by emergency decree the following year, has won a...
Turkey posts gains but ranks 126th in WEF gender gap index
Turkey ranked 126th out of 145 countries in the World Economic Forum’s Global Gender Gap Index 2026, remaining among the bottom 20 despite improving...
Turkey seized 1,326 companies, $32 billion in assets in Gülen crackdown: report
Turkish authorities have seized 1,326 companies over alleged links to the Gülen movement since a 2016 coup attempt, taking control of assets worth $32...
8 press freedom groups call for release of Turkish journalist held in LGBT crackdown
Eight press freedom and rights organizations on Friday called on Turkish authorities to immediately release freelance journalist Tuğba Tekerek, who is being held in...
Turkey jails 15 pending trial in investigation targeting people accused of Gülen links
A Turkish court jailed 15 people pending trial after they were detained in an Ankara-led investigation targeting 28 people accused by authorities of links...
Human Rights Watch says Turkey’s LGBT crackdown threatens rule of law
Human Rights Watch (HRW) said on Friday that Turkey’s crackdown on LGBT rights groups and activists threatens the rule of law and fundamental rights,...
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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...