Turkish prosecutors issue 228 warrants, police detain 166 in one day over Gülen links
Turkish prosecutors on Tuesday issued detention warrants for 228 people countrywide, 166 of whom were detained, as part of a post-coup crackdown targeting followers...
9 defendants sentenced to life in retrial over assassination of Turkish-Armenian journalist
A Turkish court has sentenced nine defendants to life in prison in the retrial of public officials accused of complicity in the 2007 assassination...
Lawyer says children of woman arrested on Gülen links ‘traumatized’
The lawyer of a woman arrested for alleged links to the Gülen movement said in an interview that her two children, aged 12 and...
Owner of closed Kurdish daily faces 15 years in prison
A court in Diyarbakir on Monday accepted an indictment asking for 15 years in prison for the owner of the now-shut-down Kurdish daily Azadiya...
Family of ailing teacher jailed over Gülen links pleads with Turkish authorities for his...
Şükrü Ayazlı, 47, a former teacher battling severe health complications after two bouts of lymphoma, remains behind bars in Turkey over alleged links to...
Alevi organizations call on Turkish authorities to abolish compulsory religious classes and recognize cemevis...
Alevi organizations on Sunday staged demonstrations in several provinces of Turkey demanding that compulsory religion classes in schools be abolished and that cemevis, Alevi...
Jailed teacher who lost mother, 2 daughters in traffic accident sentenced to 25 years
Jailed purge victim Evren Civelek, who lost his two daughters, aged 3 and 8, mother and father-in-law last month in an auto accident on...
EU less vocal about human rights abuses in Turkey because it is no longer...
The European Parliament’s Turkey rapporteur, Nacho Sanchez Amor, has said persistent human rights violations and democratic backsliding in Turkey are now drawing less criticism...
Women’s day events held amid bans, police intervention in Ankara, İstanbul
Large groups of women on Tuesday held marches to mark International Women’s Day, protesting the widespread issues of male violence and sexism in the...
CCBE, EFJ and EAJ urge Turkey to release all judges, prosecutors, lawyers and journalists
The Council of Bars and Law Societies of Europe (CCBE), the European Federation of Journalists (EFJ), and the European Association of Judges (EAJ) have...
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Turkey’s Post-Coup Crackdown, 10 Years On: A Decade’s Legacy
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This report examines how the sweeping measures introduced in Turkey following the coup attempt of July 15, 2016 evolved over the next decade...
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...