Royalty payments to imprisoned editor, translator investigated as ‘terrorism financing’ in Turkey
A Turkish court has placed a publishing house representative under house arrest as part of an investigation into royalty payments made to an imprisoned...
Turkish court sentences talent manager to 12 years over alleged coup plot
An İstanbul court on Wednesday sentenced a celebrity talent manager to 12-and-a-half years in prison for aiding an alleged attempt to overthrow the Turkish...
Top court says travel ban violated peace academic’s rights
Turkey’s Constitutional Court has said a travel ban imposed on one of the academics who were dismissed from their jobs for signing a peace...
Turkey neared authoritarianism as democratic decline continued in 2024: report
Turkey’s democratic decline continued in 2024, with the country ranking 103rd out of 167 countries according to the Democracy Index 2024 published by the...
Over 1.4 million women in Turkey have reported domestic violence since 2013
More than 1.4 million women in Turkey reported being subjected to domestic violence between January 2013 and July 2024, the Birgün daily reported, citing...
Asylum seekers mistreated in Bulgaria, returned to Turkey: report
Migrants arriving in Bulgaria were detained in a “foul-smelling building,” mistreated, denied the right to claim asylum and returned to Turkey, Radio Free Europe/Radio...
Turkey frees journalist Altan after European rights court ruling
A Turkish court on Wednesday released journalist and novelist Ahmet Altan after more than four years in prison on charges of involvement in a...
Turkey among CoE countries with lowest spending on its judicial system: CEPEJ report
Turkey invested as little as 15.6 euros ($17) per capita in its judicial system in 2022, while the average judicial budget of the 44...
72 face detention over alleged Gülen links in separate investigations
Turkish prosecutors have issued detention warrants for 72 people including active duty and former military officers as well as former military cadets due to...
Turkish court acquits gendarmerie sergeant in case of toddler killed by tear gas canister
A Turkish court has acquitted a noncommissioned gendarmerie officer in the case of an 18-month-old toddler who was killed when a tear gas canister...
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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...
Human Rights in Turkey: 2023 in Review
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This report highlights the most important developments in the area of human rights in Turkey during the year 2023.
The May 2023 re-election of...