Turkey detains 10 in Gülen probe, citing Signal activity
Turkish police on Tuesday detained 10 people accused of links to the faith-based Gülen movement in an investigation by Ankara prosecutors into alleged activity...
Turkey’s top court annuls administrative control over student demonstrations on campus
Turkey’s Constitutional Court has struck down parts of a law that stipulated disciplinary action on university students for distributing leaflets, hanging banners and organizing...
Jailed journalist says in letter inmates forced to live in cells invaded by rats:...
A Turkish journalist who has been in jail since March 2018 on terrorism charges has written in a letter from prison about the “inhumanly”...
Turkish police officer gets suspended 18-month sentence for killing Kurdish teenager
A Turkish regional appeals court on Wednesday handed down a suspended 18-month sentence to a police officer for the killing of a 16-year-old Kurdish...
29 detained in house raids in İstanbul over May Day protests: minister
Turkish police on Friday detained 29 people who had resisted law enforcement on Wednesday in an attempt to hold a demonstration in İstanbul’s central...
The Year in Review: Press Freedom
The Turkish government continued to muzzle the press in 2020 in a variety of ways, including imprisoning journalists, eliminating media outlets, overseeing the purchase...
Turkey’s purge victims face job discrimination, financial hardship a decade later: report
Seventy-nine percent of civil servants dismissed following a coup attempt in Turkey in 2016 who were surveyed for a new report said that a...
Proposed legislation in Turkey to criminalize research for ‘foreign interests’
Draft legislation in Turkey proposes to jail journalists and researchers working for foreign “interests,” following similar measures in Russia and Georgia that rights groups...
Uyghurs in Turkey: far from China but close to fear
Uyghurs in Turkey have expressed worries over being extradited and the safety of their families in China, saying they don’t contact them, fearing their...
Child worker deaths in Turkey rise 32 percent to 95 in past school year:...
At least 95 child workers died in Turkey during the 2025–2026 school year, a 32 percent increase from the previous year, according to 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...