Biden invites 110 participants to Summit for Democracy, snubs Turkey
US President Joe Biden has invited 110 participants to a virtual Summit for Democracy in December, including major Western allies but not Turkey, according...
UN-protected Turkish refugees deported to Turkey by Kenya held at Ankara police station
Four Turkish refugees under UN protection who were abducted by armed men in Kenya on October 18 were brought to Turkey and are being...
[Update] Mother of young cancer patient about to lose an eye: My child will...
Recent test results show that the condition of a 6-year-old boy with stage 4 brain cancer living in Manisa, Turkey, has worsened and that...
PACE says İstanbul mayor’s detention politically motivated, calls for his release
The Bureau of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) on Wednesday called for the immediate release of İstanbul Mayor Ekrem İmamoğlu,...
Japan, Pakistan, NATO cooperate to transport relief supplies to quake survivors in Turkey
Upon a request from Turkey and NATO, Japan has decided to dispatch a military aircraft for the transportation of emergency relief supplies from Pakistan...
Turkey ordered detention of 89 people over alleged Gülen links in a week
Turkish prosecutors have over the past week ordered the detention of 89 people including teachers, lawyers, active duty and dismissed military officers and former...
Top court annuls critical articles of laws on state of emergency
Turkey’s Constitutional Court has canceled several articles of two laws on a state of emergency (OHAL) imposed following a failed coup in 2016 in...
Father jailed, mother left to care for disabled child on her own: Gökkaya family’s...
For nearly five years Güldane Gökkaya fed her blind, severely disabled son by syringe, lifted him in and out of bed by herself and...
‘We live in fear’: Once embracing, Turkey turns on migrants
Ghawsuddin Mubariz was already spending restless nights worrying about being sent back to Afghanistan when a stadium full of Turkish football supporters broke into...
Turkey’s deadly earthquake renews alarm for İstanbul
The 7.8-magnitude earthquake that killed tens of thousands across Turkey’s southeast has reignited fears of an even more catastrophic death toll if a long-feared...
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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...