Turkey arrests former military officer convicted over Gülen links
A Turkish court has ordered the arrest of a former military officer in Kayseri province who had been sought by the authorities following his...
Kremlin ‘strongly’ denies accusations of meddling in Turkish vote
The Kremlin on Friday denied it was meddling in Turkey’s presidential election campaign, after Turkish leader Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s main rival accused Moscow of...
Turkey’s top court finds rights violation in jailing of man who exposed political patronage
Turkey's Constitutional Court has ruled that authorities unlawfully imprisoned a man who allegedly leaked documents showing that a youth foundation close to President Recep...
Known number of people affected by disasters has jumped 80-fold since 2015: UN official
The known number of people affected by disasters has jumped 80-fold since 2015, UN General Assembly President Csaba Kőrösi said during a UN meeting in New...
Turkish lawmaker seeks probe into alleged abuse of 12 minors detained after protests backing...
A Turkish opposition lawmaker has called for a parliamentary investigation into allegations that 12 minors arrested during protests in southeastern Turkey in support of...
Police break up protest, detain 30 commemorating slain Gezi activist in Ankara
Turkish police on Thursday dispersed a demonstration by a group commemorating an activist who was killed during the nationwide anti-government Gezi Park protests in...
Turkish court acquits mayor months after defection to ruling AKP
A Turkish court on Wednesday acquitted Aydın Mayor Özlem Çerçioğlu of bid-rigging charges, six months after she defected from the main opposition to the...
Funding for humanitarian operations in Syria, neighboring host countries at critical low: IOM
Director General of the International Organization for Migration (IOM) António Vitorino has raised the alarm over the lack of adequate funding for humanitarian operations required to...
Religious communities in Turkey face systematic rights violations, US report says
Religious communities in Turkey face systematic and severe violations of their religious freedom, the United States Commission on International Religious Freedom said in its...
Turkish police detain over 160 people at Pride marches in İstanbul and İzmir
Turkish police on Sunday detained 113 people at a Pride march in İstanbul, with another 50 detained at a similar event İzmir, in what...
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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...