Senior Turkish judges’ Strasbourg visit sparks backlash over non-implemented ECtHR rulings
Turkey, which has the highest number of applications pending before the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR), attracted criticism after senior members of the...
HRW: Terrorism trials in Turkey lack compelling evidence
Human Rights Watch (HRW) said in a report released on Thursday that many terrorism trials in Turkey lack compelling evidence of criminal activity or...
Turkey’s Saturday Mothers reclaim right to bury their loved ones
The Saturday Mothers met for the 710th time on Saturday to demand justice and truth for their children and relatives who disappeared while in...
Turkish intelligence allowed to ‘question’ prisoners under newly passed bill
A bill passed on Tuesday by the Turkish parliament allows intelligence officers to temporarily take inmates out of prison facilities for “questioning” on terrorism-related...
Turkish appeals court sentences pro-Kurdish HDP deputy to 7 years in prison
A Turkish appeals court has sentenced pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) deputy Burcu Çelik Özkan to prison for alleged terrorism propaganda, according to a...
ECtHR questions Turkey over post-coup dismissal of civil servants
The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has communicated questions to the Turkish government regarding applications submitted by a group of civil servants who...
Authoritarian trends consolidated, rule of law has further deteriorated in Turkey: German think tank
Authoritarian trends observed in Turkey in the last decade have been consolidated, while the rule of law has further deteriorated in the country, Turkish...
Turkey adds exiled journalist Dündar to ‘Terrorist Wanted List’
Can Dündar, a Turkish journalist living in exile, has been added to the Turkish Interior Ministry’s “Terrorist Wanted List,” Turkish Minute reported on Friday.
Dündar...
Police violence during protests over İstanbul mayor’s arrest ‘may amount to torture’: Amnesty
Amnesty International has urged Turkish authorities to investigate alleged human rights violations by police during mass protests in March, some of which “may amount...
Greeks put politics aside to rush aid to Turkey
Aimilia Balta’s mother fled Turkey after a vicious war with Greece a century ago, but it has not stopped the elderly Greek from donating...
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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...
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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...