Purged Turkish NATO officer speaks out, risks Erdoğan’s retaliation
Former Lt. Cdr. Cafer Topkaya gave an interview to Germany's Deutsche Welle (DW) and stated that he is coming out of the shadows to tell...
Widow of injured Afghan worker set on fire while still alive struggles in Turkey...
Qamer Gül Nourtani, the widow of an Afghan migrant worker whose burned body was found in a forest in northwestern Zonguldak province in 2023,...
Former union leader criticizes Turkish vocational schools for exploiting student labor
Former union leader Feray Aytekin Aydoğan in a column for the Birgün daily criticized Turkish vocational schools for lax occupational safety measures and for exploiting their...
Turkish Embassy in Indonesia spied on critics of Erdoğan
The Turkish diplomatic mission in Indonesia engaged in a campaign of intelligence gathering and collected information on the activities of critics of Turkish President...
Turkish gov’t detains 312 people over links to Gülen movement in past week
The Turkish government detained a total of 312 people last week (Aug. 6- Aug. 13) as part of its massive post-coup witch hunt targeting...
Dismissed Turkish officer’s workplace accident highlights hardships after post-coup purges
A former Turkish military officer who was dismissed after a 2016 coup attempt and later tried and convicted was critically injured in a workplace...
Turkey still among top 10 offenders in CPJ’s census of imprisoned journalists
The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) has published its annual prison census for 2023, which shows that Turkey is still among the top 10...
New York mosque funded by Turkish gov’t denies religious services for Gülen movement supporter
The Brooklyn Eyup Sultan Mosque, which is funded and operated by Turkey’s Religious Affairs Directorate (Diyanet), on Sunday denied religious services for deceased Turkish-American...
Spying allegations against Turkish imams in Germany expand
In the wake of a recent admission by the German-based Turkish-Islamic Union for Religious Affairs (DİTİB), which said some of its imams had acted...
Students go hungry in Turkey as poverty pushes children into work: report
A report by the Education and Science Workers’ Union (Eğitim Sen) has found that widespread poverty in Turkey’s fifth largest city is pushing children...
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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...