Turkish courts sentence 106 military personnel to aggravated life imprisonment over July 15 coup...
Turkish courts sentenced 106 military personnel on Monday to aggravated life imprisonment over their alleged involvement in a controversial coup attempt on July 15,...
ECtHR sets 6-week deadline for interventions ahead of March Kavala hearing
The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has set a six-week deadline for third-party interventions ahead of a hearing scheduled for March in the...
Iraqi Kurds protest Turkish bombardment of airport
Several hundred Iraqi Kurds protested on Sunday against repeated Turkish military bombardments of their region, two days after an attack near the Sulaimaniyah airport,...
Activists call on Turkish government to take effective measures against femicide
Women's rights activists have started a new campaign against femicide in Turkey, calling on authorities to be more effective in preventing femicide and protecting...
Erdoğanist think tank lays down ‘terror reporting rules’ for Turkish media
Pro-government Turkish think tank the Foundation for Economic, Political and Social Research, or SETA, has recommended the introduction of mechanisms to control language used to report...
Turkish top court strikes down suspended sentence mechanism, citing torture ban
Turkey’s Constitutional Court has ruled that a court mechanism that allowed some convictions to be effectively suspended can no longer be used, striking down...
Female inmates in Ankara call on CPT to take action on suspicious deaths of...
Sixty-eight women who are incarcerated in Ankara’s Sincan Prison have in a letter asked the Council of Europe’s Committee for the Prevention of Torture (CPT) to...
MEPs call on EU member states to take action at CoE meeting for release...
Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) have called on EU member states to use all means at their disposal to ensure the release of...
Bodies of pregnant woman and young girl found on Evros River
The bodies of a pregnant woman, around 35 years of age, and a young girl, around 10, were found in different spots on the...
Turkey blocks 26 X accounts of civil society group over ‘national security’ concerns
Turkey on Wednesday blocked a total of 26 X accounts linked to the left-wing People’s Houses Association, citing “national security” and “public order” concerns,...
Latest Reports
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...