Young epileptic dies of heart attack in Turkish prison
Rıdvan Barış, an 18-year-old inmate in Turkey’s East, on Sunday died of a heart attack, allegedly to the disinterest of prison staff, according to...
Police officer forced to work in construction after post-coup purge dies in occupational accident
Yurdal Gökçe, 41, a former police officer who was dismissed by an emergency decree after a coup attempt in Turkey in July 2016, died...
Death of Kurdish teenager in police target practice area might be explosion-related: report
The death of Muharrem Aksem, a Kurdish teenager whose body was found in a police target practice area in southeastern Turkey on March 24,...
10 years after daughter was fatally shot by Turkish police, mother says family still...
Ten years after her daughter was shot and killed during a police raid on their family home, a grieving mother said her family still...
Erdoğan files criminal complaint against columnist, alleging instigation of coup
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s lawyer has filed a criminal complaint against journalist Ragıp Zarakolu for a column he wrote, accusing him of “instigating...
Erdoğan’s son-in-law: Turkey is officially at war
Berat Albayrak, Turkey's energy minister and son-in-law of President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, on Sunday said Turkey is not de facto but officially at war...
German FM urges Turkey to respect human rights: report
German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock on Friday urged Turkey to respect human rights during a testy visit at which she sparred openly with counterpart...
Turkish court gives jail sentence for human rights activist Gergerlioğlu
A Turkish court has sentenced writer and human rights activist Ömer Faruk Gergerlioğlu to two-and-a half-years in prison for anti-war comments posted on social...
Members of Furkan Foundation beaten, detained by police
Members of the Furkan Foundation, an anti-government religious group, on Monday were beaten and detained by police officers in Turkey's Osmaniye province, the Tr724...
Police break up protest, detain 30 commemorating slain Gezi activist in Ankara
Turkish police on Thursday dispersed a demonstration by a group commemorating an activist who was killed during the nationwide anti-government Gezi Park protests in...
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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...
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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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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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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...