Yet another German citizen arrested in Turkey on Erdoğan insult charges
A German citizen of Turkish origin, Hüseyin M., who traveled to Turkey for vacation, has been arrested on charges of insulting Turkish President Recep...
Turkish court hands down life sentences to 36 naval officers over alleged Gülen links
A Turkish court sentenced 23 naval officers, including dismissed admirals Hayrettin İmren and Nazmi Ekici, to aggravated life without the chance of parole, while 13...
Turkey’s top appeals court overturns prison sentences of privates in 2016 coup case: report
Turkey’s Supreme Court of Appeals has overturned a decision by a lower court sentencing 14 privates to life in prison on charges of involvement...
Critically ill man dies after being sent to prison despite end-stage cancer
Ahmet Zeki Özkan, a 67-year-old architect who was arrested despite his end-stage cancer, died on Monday, the TR724 news website reported.
Özkan was arrested in...
Two Iranians extradited by Turkey in defiance of international law face execution
An Iranian court on Tuesday upheld the death sentences of Saeed Tamjidi (27) and Mohammad Rajabi (25), two Iranian nationals who sought asylum in...
Turkish authorities order detention of 65 military personnel over Gülen links
Turkish authorities on June 24 ordered the detention of 65 military personnel as part of a massive crackdown targeting the faith-based Gülen movement, the...
COMMENTARY — Turkish Spy Imams 2.0 coming up
By Abdullah Bozkurt
European governments’ increased scrutiny of Turkish imams who were dispatched by Ankara to serve diaspora groups amid embarrassing revelations of pervasive and...
Funeral attacker takes photo with Turkish interior minister at police station
Murat Alp, a participant in a racist attack on the funeral of Hatun Tuğluk, mother of jailed Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) deputy Aysel Tuğluk,...
Turkish opposition figures allege censorship on X, citing sudden drops in followers and reach
Prominent opposition politicians and journalists in Turkey have accused social media platform X of suppressing dissenting voices through unexplained declines in follower counts and...
Turkey’s largest trial of journalists opens on Monday
The first trial hearing is set to start on Monday against 30 leading journalists and newspaper executives in the case where the prosecutor demands...
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...