Amnesty debunks minister’s claims of lack of reports on alleged torture in Turkish jails
Recent remarks by Turkish Interior Minister Süleyman Soylu claiming a lack of Amnesty International findings or reports on alleged torture in Turkish prisons have...
Dismissed Turkish civil servant hospitalized after reported suicide attempt in prison
A Turkish civil servant dismissed by an emergency decree after a coup attempt in 2016 and later sentenced to prison was hospitalized after attempting...
Turkish prosecutor summons 25 more people as potential witnesses in Khashoggi murder case
A Turkish prosecutor has summoned 25 more people as potential witnesses in the death of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi in the Saudi Consulate General...
France reopens probe into 3 Kurdish militants killings allegedly by Turkish Intelligence
French prosecutors have reopened an investigation into the 2013 murder of three Kurdish militants, a judicial source and lawyer for the families of the...
Concern among workers and unions grows as COVID-19 spreads in factories
A deterioration in the situation of workers in Turkey, a country already notorious for a large number of fatalities in work-related accidents, is causing...
Europa Nostra condemns, NGOs protest relocation of Turkey’s historical Hasankeyf
As the Board of Europa Nostra deeply deplores the decision of the Turkish government to build a dam that would lead to flooding of...
US: Turkey regularly invoked terrorism law to criminalize exercise of human rights in 2019
In its “Country Reports on Terrorism 2019” released yesterday, the US State Department said Turkey has a broad definition of terrorism and that the...
Turkish lawyer detained in Mozambique, faces extradition to Turkey over Gülen links
A Turkish lawyer working as the legal representative of the Willow International School in Mozambique was detained on Tuesday following an extradition request from...
Assaults on journalists in Turkey are far too common, authorities should take such cases...
Assaults on journalists in Turkey are far too common and will only cease when authorities show that they take such cases seriously, the Committee...
Osman Yakut, a newly married Turkish journalist, behind bars for 17 months
Osman Yakut, a Turkish journalist, who used to work at the now-defunct Zaman newspaper’s Antalya office, has been under arrest pending trial for 17...
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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...