European rights court rules against Turkey over post-coup detention of judges and prosecutors
The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) ruled on Tuesday that Turkey violated the European Convention on Human Rights by detaining 167 judges and...
Van Bar Association: Wrong policies push refugees to dangerous routes
In a report on the sinking of a migrant boat in eastern Turkey’s Lake Van on June 27 that is believed to have cost...
INTERPOL chief declines to discuss question on Turkey’s abuse of Red Notices at South...
INTERPOL Secretary General Valdecy Urquiza declined to elaborate on allegations that Turkey uses the organization’s alerts to pursue political opponents, when asked by a...
Former teacher says she was strip-searched in prison and punished for revealing it in...
Nagehan Yüksel, a former teacher at a religious high school who was convicted of terrorist organization membership due to her links to a faith-based...
Asylum seekers from Turkey pushed back by Greek coast guard detained by Turkish police
A group of 17 asylum seekers who fled Turkey due to a post-coup purge were pushed back to Turkish waters on Monday by the...
First hearing set for 13 Turkish gendarmes accused of torture, custody death
The first hearing in the trial of 13 gendarmes accused of torturing two brothers and causing the death of one of them in custody...
Former imam who was a victim of post-coup purge succumbs to cancer
Hasan Akdemir, a former imam who in 2017 was fired from Turkey's Directorate of Religious Affairs (Diyanet) in a government purge of supposed “terrorists”...
Cumhuriyet journalists appear in Turkish court 267 days after their arrest
Trial of 17 suspects, including Cumhuriyet daily journalists and executives who were arrested in November 2016, began at an İstanbul court on Monday 267...
Turkey arrests 40 among 53 detained in latest operations over alleged Gülen links
Turkish authorities have detained 53 people and arrested 40 of them in operations across 19 provinces, accused of links to the faith-based Gülen movement,...
Businessman who went missing in Azerbaijan rendered to Turkey by MİT
Uğur Demirok, a Turkish businessman who went missing in Azerbaijan on Sept. 6, was abducted and illegally brought to Turkey by the National Intelligence...
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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...