Internet freedom worsened in Turkey in 2024, with 740,624 domain names and 8,762 news...
Internet freedom in Turkey deteriorated in 2024, with authorities blocking access to 740,624 domain names and 8,762 news reports, according to the 2024 Internet...
Journalist investigated for reporting on child sexual abuse in health minister’s hospital
A journalist from the anti-government Halk TV station has announced that she is being investigated for reporting on the alleged sexual abuse of a...
West braces for Turkey’s possible expulsion of 10 envoys
Turkey’s relations with Western allies edged Monday toward their deepest crisis of President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan's 19-year rule, as world capitals braced for Ankara’s...
ECtHR faults Turkey for prolonged detention of businessman jailed over Gülen links
The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) on Tuesday ruled that Turkey had violated the right to liberty of jailed businessman and philanthropist Cafer Tekin İpek...
Police chief nicknamed ‘Angel of Death’ who ran torture sites in Turkey unmasked in...
A Turkish police chief with the self-proclaimed nickname of Azrael, or the Angel of Death, oversaw two unofficial torture sites with nearly 2,000 people...
Turkey’s intelligence service abducts journalist İnan from Ukraine over Gülen links
Yusuf İnan, a Turkish journalist, was abducted by agents of Turkey's notorious National Intelligence Organisation (MİT) in Ukraine and transported to Turkey on Sunday...
Indictment seeks multiple life sentences in connection to İstanbul church attack
Prosecutors are seeking prison sentences ranging from seven years to aggravated life for 43 suspects involved in a January attack on the Church of Santa Maria...
Jailed Turkish journalist Ahmet Turan Alkan: I will not apologize to the tyrant
Prominent Turkish columnist and political scientist Ahmet Turan Alkan, who used to write for Zaman daily which was closed by the government led by...
Turkish lawyer put in pretrial detention on terror charges
Can Tombul, a Turkish lawyer and member of the Law Bureau of the Oppressed (EHB), has been put in pretrial detention on charges of “membership...
Amnesty says justice prevails as Turkey’s top court overturns convictions of 4 rights defenders
“The decision by Türkiye’s highest appeals court to overturn baseless convictions of Amnesty International Türkiye’s Honorary Chair and three other human rights defenders is...
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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...