Turkish military doctor says he fled to Germany to avoid torture in Turkey
A former Turkish military doctor who worked on a navy logistical support ship until a coup attempt in July 2016 said in an interview...
Rights groups call for release of 87-year-old ailing man jailed on Gülen links
Human rights groups have campaigned on social media urging Turkey’s authorities to release Adem Cirit, an 87-year-old inmate who has been convicted of links...
Afghan asylum-seeker unlawfully detained in Turkish repatriation center
An Afghan man identified as Samir said in an interview he was detained in a Turkish repatriation center for a month despite being a...
Turkish military denies bombing hospital in Syria’s Afrin province
The Turkish military on Saturday denied that it had struck a hospital in Syria’s Afrin region, where it is waging a nearly two-month-old offensive...
Turkey’s top court finds rights violations in access ban imposed on X accounts
In a promising development amid increasing online censorship in Turkey, the country’s Constitutional Court has found rights violations in the banning of access to...
Purged police officer dies in workplace accident at quarry in NE Turkey
Kani Enön, a former police officer who was fired by an emergency decree as part of Turkey’s post-coup purge of state institutions, died last...
Nazarbayev says Kazakh-Turk schools belong to Kazakhstan, no extradition of teachers
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Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev said on Thursday that Kazakh-Turk high schools that are allegedly linked to the faith-based Gülen movement belong to Kazakhstan and...
Elderly, ailing Kurdish woman released from Turkish prison
Sisê Bingöl, an elderly and ailing woman who has been serving time on a terrorism conviction since 2017, was released on probation on Monday,...
Turkish court rejects pro-Kurdish HDP deputy Leyla Güven’s appeal for release from jail
A Turkish court has rejected an appeal for release by Leyla Güven, a deputy for the pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) held since January...
Turkish gov’t detains 25 teachers as 5 more military officers surrender over alleged links...
Five more military officers have surrendered to Turkish police over their links to the Gülen movement on Thursday as the government has detained dozens...
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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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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...