10 years after daughter was fatally shot by Turkish police, mother says family still...
Ten years after her daughter was shot and killed during a police raid on their family home, a grieving mother said her family still...
Turkish court orders main opposition leader to pay Erdoğan $16,500 over speeches
A Turkish court on Thursday ordered main opposition New Party leader Özgür Özel to pay President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan TL 800,000 ($16,500) in damages...
İstanbul court jails Üsküdar’s first woman mayor, 3 others in corruption investigation
An İstanbul court on Friday jailed Sinem Dedetaş, the first female mayor of the city’s Üsküdar district who ended 30 years of Islamist-based rule,...
Turkish authorities deny financial assistance to severely disabled teenager due to father’s links to...
Turkish authorities denied a severely disabled 15-year-old autistic teenager disability benefits because his father was arrested for alleged links to the Gülen movement, the...
Turkish gov’t’s ultranationalist ally: Any Turk who applauds lira’s plunge should lose citizenship
Mustafa Destici, chairman of the Turkish government's ultranationalist ally the Grand Unity Party (BBP), has said people who are pleased with the Turkish lira’s...
Syrians in Turkey’s earthquake zone grapple with outbreaks and poor living conditions
Syrian refugees in Turkey’s earthquake zone are contending with contagious diseases and poor living conditions, the Duvar news website reported.
Speaking to journalist Burcu Özkaya Günaydın,...
Turkey’s OHAL Commission decides to reinstate only 40 out of 3,110 applicants dismissed by...
The State of Emergency Procedures Investigation Commission (OHAL Commission) has examined the cases of 3,111 applicants, who were dismissed by government decrees under the...
Turkey’s media watchdog gives int’l news websites 72 hours to get licenses
Turkey’s broadcasting watchdog, the Radio and Television Supreme Council (RTÜK), has given international news agencies operating in the country a 72-hour deadline to apply for...
Turkey frees reporters jailed after failed appeal in state secrets trial
Two Turkish journalists convicted of violating Turkey’s state secrets law were released late on Tuesday the very same day they returned to prison after...
4 people detained for allegedly insulting Turkish President Erdoğan during CHP rally
Four people who allegedly insulted Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan during a rally for Republican People’s Party (CHP) presidential candidate Muharrem İnce on Thursday...
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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...