Turkey’s top bar association urges investigation of ministry officials over deadly hotel fire
Turkey’s Union of Turkish Bar Associations (TBB) has criticized the lack of accountability for Culture and Tourism Ministry officials over a fire at a...
Turkey’s top court finds rights violation in arrest of pro-opposition TV editor
Turkey’s Constitutional Court has ruled that the 2023 arrest of journalist Merdan Yanardağ, editor-in-chief of the pro-opposition Tele1 TV station, violated his rights, the...
Over half a million Syrians have returned home from Turkey: Ankara
Some 550,000 Syrian refugees in Turkey have returned home following the fall of Bashar al-Assad last December, Turkish Interior Minister Ali Yerlikaya said on...
Death of 14-year-old Syrian boy in Turkey highlights child labor crisis
A 14-year-old Syrian boy died Friday after falling from the fifth floor of a construction site in southeastern Turkey, drawing attention to the country’s...
Suspended mayor from Turkey’s main opposition party faces 15 years on terrorism charges
Ahmet Özer, the suspended mayor of İstanbul’s Esenyurt district from the main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP), made his third appearance in court on...
Turkey’s Erdoğan again named among RSF’s ‘Press Freedom Predators’
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has once again been listed among the world’s worst violators of press freedom in the 2025 edition of Reporters...
Turkey’s arms exports and mercenaries fuel instability in Africa, report says
Turkey is undermining Africa’s fragile stability through its weapons exports and deployment of private military contractors, the US-based Foreign Policy magazine reported on Tuesday.
Ankara’s...
Imamoğlu’s advisor detained in expanding probe targeting Turkey’s main opposition
İbrahim Özkan, a political advisor to jailed Istanbul Mayor Ekrem İmamoğlu, was taken into custody Friday as part of a widening crackdown targeting the...
Jailed Kurdish politician criticizes peace efforts for ignoring reconciliation between Kurds and Turks
Selahattin Demirtaş, the imprisoned former co-chair of Turkey’s main pro-Kurdish political party, has accused the government of neglecting social reconciliation in its ongoing peace...
Turkey’s hunger threshold keeps extending its lead over the minimum wage
Turkey’s hunger threshold for the month of October was calculated at TL 28,412 ($675), extending its lead over the minimum wage of TL 22,104...
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Turkey’s Crackdown on the Gülen Movement: 2025 in Review
During the year Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan continued to relentlessly pursue anyone with alleged links with the faith-based Gülen movement, which he described...
Women’s rights in Turkey: 2025 in Review
The state of women’s rights in Turkey showed no meaningful improvement in 2025, as longstanding problems persisted and new challenges emerged. Femicides, institutional failures...
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...