Some 32,000 Turkish citizens have entered the US through Mexico since 2020
A total of 31,485 Turkish citizens fleeing Turkey have entered the United States via the Mexican border since 2020, Voice of America (VOA) Turkish service reported,...
Far-right leader sentenced to more than 2 years, released after 148 days in pretrial...
Ümit Özdağ, the head of Turkey’s ultranationalist Victory Party, was released due to time served from İstanbul’s Silivri Prison on Monday after being sentenced...
Turkish court rejects release of dismissed academic, co-defendant in retrial
A Turkish court has rejected a request to release dismissed academic Nuriye Gülmen and co-defendant Yasemin Karadağ during their retrial on charges of membership...
Women visitors strip-searched, headscarves removed at Turkish prison: report
The Association of Lawyers for Freedom (ÖHD) has accused prison authorities in southeastern Turkey of systematically subjecting visitors to the facility, particularly women and...
Turkey blocks 41 social media accounts for ‘disinformation’ in Iran war posts
Turkey has imposed access restrictions on 41 social media accounts and removed 75 pieces of online content over what a senior official described as...
The Year in Review: Crackdown on the Gülen Movement
According to Human Rights Watch, the largest group targeted by Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan consists of people alleged to have links to the...
Kurdish politician Demirtaş voices full support for peace process despite continued incarceration
Prominent Kurdish politician Selahattin Demirtaş has expressed full support for an ongoing peace process aimed at resolving the decades-long armed conflict between the outlawed...
Opposition slams ‘extraordinary’ security measures in Ankara ahead of NATO summit
Turkey’s opposition leaders have criticized what they describe as extraordinary security measures in Ankara ahead of next week’s NATO summit, accusing the government of...
More than 450 groups from 65 countries urge Turkey to end criminalization of LGBTI+...
More than 450 civil society organizations from 65 countries have called on Turkey to end what they described as the criminalization of the LGBTI+...
İzmir Bar Association leaders face probe after reporting alleged rights abuses
Turkish authorities have authorized an investigation into İzmir Bar Association President Sefa Yılmaz and board members over human rights reports prepared by the bar...
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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...