Members of anti-gov’t Furkan Foundation allegedly tortured, threatened by Turkish police
Police allegedly subjected three members of the Furkan Foundation, an anti-government religious group, who were detained on September 10 to torture and mistreatment at...
PACE president on HDP’s Demirtaş: The place of parliamentarians must not be in prison
Liliane Maury Pasquier, president of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE), has released a statement on the sentencing to prison of...
Officer seen escorting Turkey’s then-intel chief before 2016 coup recounts alleged torture
A former Turkish military officer seen escorting Hakan Fidan, Turkey’s intelligence chief at the time and now foreign minister, from General Staff headquarters shortly...
New indictment seeks sentences for 5 former MPs from pro-Kurdish party over Kobani protests
Turkish prosecutors have drafted an indictment seeking prison sentences for five former lawmakers from a pro-Kurdish party due to their alleged role in violent...
Turkish Interior Ministry orders demolition of buildings lived in by Syrian refugees in Ankara
The Turkish Interior Ministry last week ordered the demolition of buildings primarily lived in by Syrian refugees in Ankara's Altındağ district, where an anti-refugee...
Int’l law associations urge UN to pressure Turkish gov’t over persecution of legal professionals
Three international law associations have urged the United Nations to enter into urgent dialogue with the Turkish government with a view to ending the...
‘Marilyn Monroe of Mardin’ jailed for questioning official account of 2016 coup
A Turkish court has jailed pending trial a woman known on social media as the “Marilyn Monroe of Mardin” over a post questioning the...
9 detained over alleged Gülen links in ByLock investigation
Turkish police detained nine people in recent raids in İzmir over suspected links to the faith-based Gülen movement based on their alleged use of...
43 people detained for aiding families of post-coup victims
Forty-three people, 16 of whom are dismissed public officers, were detained in the northern province of Ordu for helping the families of individuals targeted...
Amnesty bill prepared by Turkish president’s ultranationalist ally to pardon over 160,000 convicts
A law proposed by Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan's ultranationalist ally the Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) could allow for 162,989 convicts to be pardoned,...
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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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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...