Turkey among top violators of press freedom in EU candidate countries: report
Turkey ranked third among European Union candidate countries in press freedom violations in the first half of 2025, with 64 incidents affecting at least...
Top court upholds acquittal of ex-bureaucrat in ruling expected to set precedent for others...
Turkey’s Supreme Court of Appeals has upheld the decision of one of its criminal chambers to acquit a former bureaucrat of terrorism charges due...
Jailed Turkish journalist keeps reporting while awaiting trial
Journalist Fatih Altaylı continues to deliver political news and commentary from prison through his YouTube program, reflecting the tightening constraints on press freedom and...
Policeman slaps Kurdish politician during İstanbul protest, sparking condemnation
A plainclothes policeman slapped a Kurdish politician during a scuffle at a protest in İstanbul on Sunday, sparking widespread condemnation and further demonstrations, Turkish...
Veteran Turkish journalist Şahin Alpay: I was jailed for criticizing the AKP’s authoritarian drift
Turkish journalist Şahin Alpay in an interview on Friday linked his jailing after a coup attempt in Turkey on July 15, 2016 to his...
392 women fell victim to femicide in Turkey in 2022
At least 392 women were murdered by men and 226 women died under suspicious circumstances in Turkey in 2022, although the government claims that...
New report details UN findings on systemic rights violations in Turkey after 2016 coup...
A new report compiled by the Netherlands-based human rights group Stichting Justice Square has detailed a pattern of human rights violations in Turkey following...
Top court finds rights violation in blocking of Bank Asya customer’s funds
In a landmark decision, Turkey’s Constitutional Court has ruled in favor of an applicant who claimed she was blocked from withdrawing money from her...
RSF lists Turkey among countries targeting journalists for environmental reporting
Reporters Without Borders (RSF) on Monday listed Turkey as among the countries harassing journalists for covering environmental issues, highlighting the growing risks faced by...
US says journalists should be able to work free of harassment following rebuke of...
The US State Department has stressed the importance of journalists conducting their work free of harassment and threats following the rebuke of a Voice...
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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...