Suspicious soldier deaths during military service not investigated in Turkey
The deaths of soldiers under suspicious circumstances during their compulsory military service are not normally investigated in Turkey, where at least 10 soldiers have...
‘Marilyn Monroe of Mardin’ sentenced to 15 months over posts questioning 2016 attempted coup
A Turkish court on Tuesday sentenced a woman known as the “Marilyn Monroe of Mardin” to 15 months in prison over social media posts...
Erdoğan rebukes Spanish journalist over question on jailed dissidents Demirtaş, Kavala
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan reprimanded a Spanish journalist for “defending terrorists” when asked about European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) rulings Turkey has...
Reactions mount as Turkey bans alcohol sales during 17-day lockdown
The government of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has drawn the ire of secular Turks after it banned the sale of alcoholic beverages in...
Documentary details 8 Turkish soldiers’ asylum battle in Greece amid extradition pressure, abduction fears
A new Greek documentary reveals how eight Turkish soldiers who fled to Greece after a coup attempt in 2016 spent years fighting for asylum...
Turkey has ‘systematically failed to detect foreign bribery’: OECD report
A recent Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) report published on June 20 raised significant concerns about Turkey’s enforcement of laws penalizing foreign bribery, highlighting...
Germany, France demand immediate release of activist Kavala ahead of Gezi retrial
Representatives of the German and French governments have called on Turkey to immediately release prominent businessman and human rights activist Osman Kavala, who has...
78-year-old ailing Kurdish villager dies after brief imprisonment
Emin Soyal, a 78-year-old Kurdish man who was briefly imprisoned on terrorism-related charges in late 2023, has died while receiving treatment at a hospital,...
Turkish court rearrests victim of rendition immediately after release
Ayten Öztürk, who was forcibly transported from Lebanon to Turkey in 2018 by Turkish intelligence and testified in an İstanbul court in March about...
Turkish gov’t misuses ECtHR decision to justify routine strip-searches: UN rapporteur
The Turkish government misused a European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) decision to justify routine strip-searches in prisons, a UN rapporteur revealed during a...
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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...