Turkish court upholds prison sentence for cancer-stricken teacher dismissed in post-coup purge
Turkey's Supreme Court of Appeals has upheld a six-year, three-month sentence for a dismissed primary school teacher who has end-stage cancer and a 65...
384,000 refugees in Turkey to need resettlement next year: UNHCR
A total of 384,070 refugees in Turkey are projected to be in need of resettlement in 2024, according to a recent report by the...
European rights court rules Turkey violated rights of 93 people arrested over alleged Gülen...
The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) ruled Tuesday that Turkey violated the rights of 93 people accused of links to the Gülen movement...
Ailing 84-year-old inmate not released despite suffering heart attack in his cell
An ailing 84-year-old man serving a sentence on conviction of links to the Gülen movement has not been released from prison even after suffering...
Disabled Turkish prisoner allegedly beaten, denied medical care
Two Turkish rights groups have alleged that a disabled prisoner was beaten and denied adequate medical care during and after a visit to a...
Post-coup victims attacked by inmates in eastern Turkey prison
Two inmates in a prison in eastern Turkey have attacked eight other inmates arrested or convicted on charges of affiliation with the faith-based Gülen...
Turkish authorities order detention of 12 people in ongoing crackdown on Gülen movement
Turkish prosecutors on Tuesday ordered the detention of 12 people, including five civil servants, over alleged links to the faith-based Gülen movement, as part...
Erdoğan’s Islamist ally seeks to abolish mixed-gender education
Zekeriya Yapıcıoğlu, chairman of the radical Islamist Free Cause Party (HÜDA-PAR), has urged the Turkish government to abolish mixed-sex education, the Birgün daily reported.
HÜDA-PAR is the...
Turkey’s defense at European court echoes Stalin-era conspiracy theory, Kavala says
Imprisoned Turkish businessman and civil society figure Osman Kavala said a Turkish government lawyer’s arguments at a recent European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR)...
Turkish prison launches disciplinary investigation into inmates for refusing to eat
A prison administration in Ankara province has launched a disciplinary investigation into 39 female inmates for refusing to eat meals for three days to...
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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...