Erdoğan aide urges crackdown on political actors defending Gülen-linked purge victims
A senior adviser to Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has said appeals for relief for people dismissed over alleged links to the faith-based Gülen...
Former Erdoğan aide faces backlash over hate speech targeting Alawites in Syria
Turkish journalist Kemal Öztürk, a former press adviser to then-prime minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, has sparked criticism over remarks condemned as hate speech against...
Police officer who shot young Syrian refugee to death given 25 years in prison
In a landmark decision on Tuesday, a Turkish court handed down a prison sentence of 25 years to a police officer who shot a...
Purge victim dies while trying to cross Evros River
Cemil Karabidek, a former sergeant who was dismissed from the military by an emergency decree as part of Turkey’s post-coup purge of state institutions,...
ECtHR to announce judgment on missing Yusuf Bilge Tunç: sister
The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) will announce its judgment in the case of Yusuf Bilge Tunç, who went missing 30 months ago...
EP members slam Pakistan: Gülen-linked schools contribute to education, social coexistence
Some members of the European Parliament have strongly condemned the Supreme Court of Pakistan for a ruling in December recognizing former staff members of...
Swedish Embassy in Ankara expects more protests following burning of Quran in Stockholm
Following the burning of a copy of the Quran outside the Turkish Embassy in Stockholm on Saturday, several protests took place across Turkey over...
Turkey among countries with most documented arbitrary detentions of rights defenders in 2025: report
Turkey was among the countries with the highest number of documented arbitrary detentions of human rights defenders in 2025, according to a new report...
Some 400,000 Syrian children left out of Turkish education system
Turkey was unable to provide education for 397,253 Syrian children who were under temporary protection status during the 2019-2020 academic year, Turkish Minute reported,...
RTÜK fines 4 TV stations for airing politician’s remarks on Erdoğan ‘escape’ plan
Turkey’s broadcasting watchdog, the Radio and Television Supreme Council (RTÜK), has imposed a fine on four TV stations for airing the remarks of main...
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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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The Forgotten Victims: Children of Turkey’s Post-Coup Purge
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Human Rights in Turkey: 2024 in Review
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Throughout the year Turkey continued...
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Family Punishment in Turkey: How Erdoğan Uses the Nazi Practice of Sippenhaft
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Sippenhaft, also known as...