State-run bank cancels client’s credit card due to dismissal from state job in post-coup...
Turkey’s state-run Halkbank has admitted that it canceled a credit card last year due to the fact that the owner of the card was...
Germany’s Left Party calls for simplified visa procedures for gov’t opponents from Turkey
Co-chairperson of Germany’s Left Party Martin Schirdewan has called on the government to make visa application procedures easier for government opponents in Turkey since...
Kurdish journalist from Turkey killed in attack in northern Iraq
A Kurdish journalist, academic and women’s rights activist from Turkey was killed in an attack in front of her house in Sulaymaniyah, a city...
More than a third of inmates in Europe are in Turkey’s prisons, CoE data...
Turkey is by far the leader in the number of prisoners in Europe, according to the 2022 Council of Europe (CoE) Annual Penal Statistics...
Job candidate dies by suicide after controversial interview rejection despite top score
Doğuş Can Kavaklı, a 22-year-old who jumped to his death from the sixth floor of his dormitory in Samsun on October 2, had reportedly...
Turkish President Erdoğan calls pro-Kurdish HDP’s candidate Demirtaş ‘top terrorist’
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, who on Monday said pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) presidential candidate Selahattin Demirtaş was deserving of the death penalty...
Pop singer’s arrest slammed for displaying politicization of Turkish judiciary
The recent arrest of famous Turkish pop singer and songwriter Gülşen Bayraktar Çolakoğlu, part of an investigation into her due to remarks that allegedly...
Demirtaş denies claims he has softened stance toward Erdoğan, insists he will leave prison...
Jailed Kurdish politician Selahattin Demirtaş has denied claims made by former parliament speaker Bülent Arınç implying that he had softened his stance toward President...
Top court sees no rights violation in punishment of teachers for mother tongue protest
Turkey’s Constitutional Court has found no rights violation in a disciplinary punishment given to 22 teachers who staged a protest about the importance of...
EU expresses ‘serious concerns’ about rule of law, independent judiciary in Turkey
A spokesperson for the European Union has expressed “serious concerns” over the rule of law and the independence of the judiciary in Turkey, 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...