Turkey investigates opposition lawmaker for allegedly insulting, threatening Erdoğan
Turkish prosecutors have opened an investigation into an opposition lawmaker on suspicion of insulting and threatening President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan in remarks she made...
PEN Norway releases ‘indictment guide’ for Turkey’s prosecutors
PEN Norway, a branch of global press association PEN International, has released a guide for Turkey’s prosecutors to follow when drafting indictments for cases...
16,540 Turkish military members dismissed as part of crackdown
Turkey’s Defense Ministry on Monday announced that 16,540 military members have been dismissed as part of a post-coup crackdown, the Turkish media reported.
The judicial...
Turkish singer Mabel Matiz faces new obscenity investigation over song, music video
Turkish prosecutors have launched an obscenity investigation into pop singer and songwriter Mabel Matiz over the lyrics and music video for one of his...
Turkish man released on furlough kills mother and sister
A man who was released from prison on a 10-day furlough killed his mother and sister and then shot himself on Monday, raising concerns...
Former Supreme Court of Appeals judge tortured and mistreated in prison
Nalan Dilara Uğur, daughter of former Supreme Court of Appeals judge Hüsamettin Uğur, has claimed in a series of tweets that her father was...
Turkey blocks at least 12 Grok posts on national security grounds
Turkish courts have blocked access to at least 12 X posts by artificial intelligence chatbot Grok since February 2025 on national security and public...
Turkey’s top judicial body launches inquiry into court that reinstated Kurdish mayor’s political rights
One day after Turkey’s election authority decided to reinstall a Kurdish politician who had been initially denied the mandate to serve as mayor of the eastern province of...
Female students strip-searched, denied right to consult lawyer
Female students detained by Turkish police last week over alleged links to the Gülen movement were subjected to a strip-search and interrogated without a...
89-year-old educator jailed on Gülen links dies 9 months after medical release
Uğur Öztaş, an 89-year-old educator jailed over alleged links to the faith-based Gülen movement who suffered a stroke and became paralyzed in prison, has...
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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...