Former police officer jailed over alleged Gülen links dies in prison
Ünsalan Özkan, a 54-year-old former police officer imprisoned over alleged links to the faith-based Gülen movement, died of a heart attack in Ankara’s Sincan...
19th century Armenian church in central Turkey to serve as ‘Humor Art House’
The Surp Yerrortutyun (Holy Trinity) Armenian church in central Turkey’s Akşehir district is to serve as the “World’s Masters of Humor Art House” as...
Erdoğan’s coup crackdown remade Turkey. Ten years later, testimony points to his own military...
Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s government turned a failed military uprising into the founding event of a new political order, using the events of July 15,...
HDP aspires to solve ‘Kurdish problem’ in parliament: Demirtaş
Jailed former co-chair of the pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) Selahattin Demirtaş has said the party aspires to solve Turkey’s so-called Kurdish problem and...
Belgian law firm to take alleged crimes against humanity by Turkish officials to ICC
Johan Vande Lanotte, a legal counsel from the Belgian-based law firm Van Steenbrugge Advocaten (VSA) and a professor of law at the University of...
Turkey detains pro-Kurdish party officials, renowned rights activist
Turkish police on Friday detained dozens of pro-Kurdish party officials and a renowned human rights activist, as prosecutors increase the pressure on the country’s...
Turkish ministry threatens healthcare workers to prevent strike in March
The Turkish Health Ministry has in a letter sent to the country’s provincial health directorates threatened healthcare workers with disciplinary action in the event...
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...
Kurdish journalist released from pretrial detention 306 days after arrest
A Turkish court on Thursday decided for the release from pretrial detention of a Kurdish journalist 306 days after she was arrested on terrorism-related...
YouTubers face up to four-and-a-half years over joke about the Prophet Muhammad
Turkish prosecutors have filed an indictment demanding prison sentences of up to four-and-a-half years for a YouTube program host and his guest, who were...
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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...