BBC: Numbers behind Turkey’s state of emergency crackdown speak for themselves
Almost two years after a military coup attempt on July 15, 2016, more than 50,000 people have been imprisoned pending trial and more than...
93 former, current tax inspectors detained over alleged Gülen links
Turkish police detained 93 former and currently employed tax inspectors in raids across 11 provinces on Friday, part of an İstanbul-based investigation over links...
Police officer who stopped car of AKP lawmaker fired after 2-year investigation
A police officer who had stopped the car of a Justice and Development Party (AKP) lawmaker in 2021 has been fired after a...
Turkish police detain students protesting colleagues’ detention over rainbow flags
Turkish police on Friday took into custody dozens of students protesting the detention of fellow students for displaying a rainbow flag during another demonstration...
Turkish gov’t detains 47 people over alleged links to Gülen movement
Turkish police have detained 47 people in an operation targeting alleged supporters of the Gülen movement in the army as part of the Turkish...
Turkey detained 99 minors over protests linked to Syria offensive: pro-Kurdish party
Turkey’s main pro-Kurdish party said Thursday that police had detained at least 99 minors in January over protests tied to a Syrian government offensive...
384,000 refugees in Turkey to need resettlement next year: UNHCR
A total of 384,070 refugees in Turkey are projected to be in need of resettlement in 2024, according to a recent report by the...
Student arrested for tweeting support for Kobane protests denied release by Turkish court
Cihan Erdal, 32, a doctoral student at Canada’s Carleton University who has been in jail in Turkey for five months on terrorism-related charges for...
Turkish gov’t detains 16 foreign students over alleged links to Gülen movement
The Turkish government detained 16 foreign students -- 10 from Somalia, three from Djibouti, two from Guinea and one student from Syria -- in Mersin...
Turkish court rejects lifting travel ban on jailed Mayor İmamoğlu’s son to attend scientific...
A Turkish court has rejected a request to temporarily lift an international travel ban on the son of jailed İstanbul Mayor Ekrem İmamoğlu, preventing...
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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...