Turkey’s Erdoğan requests 6 mayors, including Ankara Mayor Gökçek, to resign
Turkish autocratic President and ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) Chairman Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has demanded the mayors of 6 provinces, including Ankara Metropolitan...
5 months after major earthquakes in southeastern Turkey, survivors still have difficulty accessing basic...
Five months after major earthquakes hit southeastern Turkish provinces, access to clean water and food remains severely limited, the Gazete Duvar news website reported.
Nearly half...
Judge says in book people arrested in July 2016 coup probes should be executed
Selami Turabi, a judge who is also a senior official at the Justice Ministry responsible for European Union affairs, has written in his book...
Turkey detains 110 in operations targeting alleged Gülen followers
A total of 110 people have been detained over the past week in police operations that targeted alleged followers of the faith-based Gülen movement,...
Turkish court bans Periscope over copyright violation
A Turkish court on Tuesday banned all services of Periscope, a live video broadcasting platform owned by Twitter and popularly used by the opposition...
PACE committee urges stronger action to eradicate torture and ill-treatment in detention facilities in...
Adopting a draft resolution on June 21 based on a report by Constantinos Efstathiou (Cyprus, SOC), the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe’s (PACE) Committee...
Turkey arrests 87 among 223 detained in latest operations over alleged Gülen links
Turkish authorities have detained 223 people in nationwide police operations in the past 20 days over alleged links to the faith-based Gülen movement, with...
Turkish court rejects lifting travel ban on jailed Mayor İmamoğlu’s son to attend scientific...
A Turkish court has rejected a request to temporarily lift an international travel ban on the son of jailed İstanbul Mayor Ekrem İmamoğlu, preventing...
53 current and former Turkish diplomats detained, sparking fears of a repeat of May...
Ankara Chief Public Prosecutor's office on Monday ordered the detention of five active-duty and 48 former diplomats over alleged links to the Gülen movement,...
Over 41,000 education staff dismissed since 2016 coup attempt in Turkey
A total of 34,000 teachers have been dismissed along with 5,882 academics and 1,372 administrative personnel from universities in Turkey as part of a...
Latest Reports
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...
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...