Trial of gendarme accused of arson and killing a Kurdish family dropped due to...
A court in central Turkey has ruled to conclude the trial in absentia of a gendarme charged with the mass murder a Kurdish family...
UN rights body to review case of teacher who died in Turkish prison due...
A Geneva-based rights group said a case it submitted to the UN Human Rights Committee concerning the death of a teacher who died in...
Turkey bans content of X’s AI chatbot Grok amid criminal probe over insults
A Turkish court has ordered the blocking of content produced by Grok, an artificial intelligence chatbot developed by Elon Musk’s xAI, after authorities said...
Turkish journalist jailed over classified files she says were planted on previously seized hard...
A Turkish court has jailed journalist Derya Okatan over classified documents found on an external hard drive, although she denied any connection to the...
Turkey’s top court finds rights violations in over 73,000 cases in the last decade
The Constitutional Court of Turkey found at least one violation of rights in each of 73,089 cases handled from late September 2012 to March...
Turkish authorities detain 71 people over alleged Gülen links: minister
Turkish authorities detained 71 people over the past week for alleged links to the faith-based Gülen movement, Interior Minister Ali Yerlikaya announced on Friday.
Yerlikaya...
US State Department human rights report cites Albania’s closure of Gülen-linked schools
The US State Department included Albania’s decision to close two schools allegedly linked to the Gülen movement, a faith-based group outlawed by Turkey, in...
Swiss MPs urge gov’t not to ratify trade deal with Turkey, citing rights violations
Lawmakers from both chambers of the Swiss parliament have signed a letter calling on the country’s government to postpone the ratification of a trade...
Turkey’s post-coup crackdown, 10 years on: A decade’s legacy
Ten years after a coup attempt on July 15, 2016, the coup and the sweeping crackdown launched in its aftermath continue to shape Turkey’s...
CPJ calls on Turkish gov’t to drop charges against journalist
The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) urged Turkish authorities on Wednesday to drop charges against journalist Sinan Aygül, who is accused of threatening the...
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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...