Purged Turkish NATO officer speaks out, risks Erdoğan’s retaliation
Former Lt. Cdr. Cafer Topkaya gave an interview to Germany's Deutsche Welle (DW) and stated that he is coming out of the shadows to tell...
Turkish journalist indicted over reporting on Erdoğan family, alleged irregularities
Turkish prosecutors have indicted journalist İsmail Arı for his online commentary and social media posts involving family members of President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan as...
We Will Stop Femicide Platform reveals staggering number of femicide cases over a year
At least 315 women were killed by men in Turkey in 2023, the Cumhuriyet daily reported, citing numbers from the We Will Stop Femicide Platform...
Ex-AKP member hints at Erdoğan family role in alleged arming of civilians
A former member of the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) has said it’s likely President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and his son-in-law and former...
Turkish gov’t detains 312 people over links to Gülen movement in past week
The Turkish government detained a total of 312 people last week (Aug. 6- Aug. 13) as part of its massive post-coup witch hunt targeting...
Turkish opposition lawmaker seeks probe into police officer’s suicide amid mobbing allegations
An opposition lawmaker has asked Turkey’s interior minister to investigate allegations that workplace harassment, or mobbing, drove a police officer in İstanbul to die...
Turkey’s Transnational Repression: 2023 in Review
Since a coup attempt in July 2016, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s long arm has reached tens of thousands of Turkish citizens abroad. From...
Turkish police beat and detain 19 people commemorating victims of 2015 ISIS attack in...
Police beat and detained 19 people on Sunday in Adana province during a commemoration of the 33 victims of an ISIS suicide attack that...
Spying allegations against Turkish imams in Germany expand
In the wake of a recent admission by the German-based Turkish-Islamic Union for Religious Affairs (DİTİB), which said some of its imams had acted...
Turkey arrested 29 journalists in 2025 amid surge in pretrial detention: report
Turkey experienced a growing press freedom crisis in 2025, with 29 journalists arrested and the pretrial detention of media workers rising more than fivefold...
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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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The Forgotten Victims: Children of Turkey’s Post-Coup Purge
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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...
Hate speech and hate crimes against Syrian refugees in Turkey
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This report focuses on the inflammatory rhetoric and illegal acts motivated by prejudice faced by refugees who fled the civil war in Syria...