Turkey tops list of countries with cases pending before European rights court
According to European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) statistics, 26.3 percent of applications pending before the court as of October 31, 2022 had come...
Turkish police detain 2 young women over hair-braiding posts supporting Kurdish women in Syria
Turkish police on Tuesday detained two women aged 17 and 20 in eastern Turkey after they posted videos of themselves braiding their hair in...
EU urged to probe arrests of Turkish trade unionists, rights violations
The European Trade Union Confederation (ETUC) has urged the European Commission to investigate recent arrests and detentions of workers’ representatives in Turkey, raising serious...
Turkish police continue to detain people for singing Kurdish songs
Turkish police have detained five people for singing Kurdish-language songs at a wedding in the central province of Osmaniye, the Yeni Yaşam news website reported on...
Turkey’s top judicial body launches inquiry into court that reinstated Kurdish mayor’s political rights
One day after Turkey’s election authority decided to reinstall a Kurdish politician who had been initially denied the mandate to serve as mayor of the eastern province of...
Turkey to deport couple facing execution in Iran
Turkish authorities have decided on the deportation of an Iranian Kurdish couple despite the fact that they face execution in Iran for having taken...
Families of people detained in recent crackdown on Gülen movement describe the situation as...
The families of several women detained in a recent mass crackdown on people linked to the faith-based Gülen movement have contacted Peoples’ Equality and...
Turkey’s 2016-2018 state of emergency a ‘social genocide program’
A two-year-long state of emergency declared after an abortive coup in Turkey on July 15, 2016 caused immense suffering among civil servants who were...
Turkey removes 5 more mayors from office amid widening crackdown on opposition
Turkey’s interior ministry announced on Thursday that five district mayors from the main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) have been removed from office, following...
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Turkey's campaign of transnational repression against critics abroad continued throughout 2025. Since a coup attempt in July 2016, President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s long arm...
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During the year Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan continued to relentlessly pursue anyone with alleged links with the faith-based Gülen movement, which he described...
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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...