Pompeo: US desperately needs to get back pastor jailed in Turkey
The Trump administration is determined to bring American prisoners held in other countries back to the United States, including Pastor Andrew Brunson, currently standing...
Greek police pushed back 5 Turkish asylum seekers fleeing Erdoğan’s crackdown
Greek authorities on Sunday forcibly pushed back five Turks — a mother and her two children, another woman and a man — after they...
Bierhoff: Özil should have been left off World Cup squad after photo with Erdoğan
Germany should have considered leaving midfielder Mesut Özil out of the World Cup squad following the furor caused by the player’s photo with Turkish...
Turkish court jails 4 LeMan staff members over cartoon allegedly insulting religious values
Four staff members of the Turkish satirical magazine LeMan were jailed pending trial on Wednesday on charges of “publicly insulting religious values” after being...
Turkish military: One Turkish soldier killed in Afrin operation
The Turkish military stated on Sunday that one soldiers was killed during an operation in the Afrin region of Syria. The military stated on Saturday...
UN rapporteurs criticize Turkey’s revived ‘agents of influence’ bill
United Nations rapporteurs have expressed serious concerns over the Turkish government’s reintroduction to parliament of the controversial “agents of influence” bill, warning it could...
Suspect in gunshot attack on US Embassy annoyed by Trump’s remarks on Turkey
Ahmet Çelikten, who is accused of opening fire on the US Embassy in Ankara on Monday, admitted in testimony that his motive was annoyance...
Turkish court convicts academic on terrorism-related charges based on one-dollar bills, personal notes and...
A Turkish court convicted Vedat Demir, a professor of communications and former columnist, on terrorism-related charges based on five one-dollar bills, personal notes, tweets...
Turkey blocks access to Instagram
Turkey on Friday blocked access to the Instagram social media network, the national communications authority said without explanation, following censorship accusations against the US...
Turkish gov’t arrests 50,136, detains 154,694 people over alleged links with Gülen movement since...
Basing on the information taken from Turkey's Justice Ministry, Turkey's state-run Anadolu news agency (AA) has reported that 154,694 people have been investigated (detained)...
Latest Reports
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...
Human Rights in Turkey: 2023 in Review
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This report highlights the most important developments in the area of human rights in Turkey during the year 2023.
The May 2023 re-election of...