Backsliding in democracy continues in Turkey, European Commission says
The European Commission in its yearly report on Turkey released on Wednesday said democratic backsliding continued, underlining serious deficiencies in the functioning of the...
Turkish court sentences 2 Kurdish journalists over reports alleging torture by gendarmerie commander
A Turkish court on Tuesday handed down prison sentences to two Kurdish journalists on charges of targeting a public official in their outlets’ reports...
Turkey’s top appeals court rejects pro-Kurdish party’s name change request
Turkey’s Supreme Court of Appeals has refused to a give a green light to the name change request of a pro-Kurdish party on the...
Turkey’s top court to address lower court noncompliance in case of jailed MP
The Constitutional Court of Turkey has decided to review an application lodged due to the Supreme Court of Appeals’ refusal to comply with one...
Int’l press groups urge full probe into killing of Turkish environmental journalist
International press organizations have joined local press groups in strongly condemning a fatal attack on journalist and environmental activist Hakan Tosun and urged Turkish authorities to...
Turkish baby girl, whose mother was detained right after she was born, now growing...
Ahmet Naim & Bahar Çelebi, Athens
Turkey recognized her in September 2017 with police officers waiting at the door of a delivery room. Her name...
High school students join Turkey’s protests as Erdoğan gov’t reshuffles teachers seen as critics
High school students in Turkey have joined growing protests against the government, walking out of classes and staging sit-ins over a nationwide teacher reassignment...
ECtHR faults Turkey over lengthy pretrial detention of former US Consulate employee
The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has ruled that Turkey violated the rights of Metin Topuz, a former US Consulate employee, by keeping...
24 people died or were wounded in landmine explosions in Turkey in 2020: report
A recent report by an international advocacy group against landmines has revealed that there were 24 casualties of landmines and explosive remnants of war...
President Erdoğan declares state of emergency in 10 quake-stricken provinces
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on Tuesday declared a three-month state of emergency in 10 southeastern provinces hit by a major earthquake that 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...