Turkish President Erdoğan slams calls for release of HDP presidential candidate
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has slammed calls from opposition parties to release pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) presidential candidate Selahattin Demirtaş, who has been...
Turkey’s opposition groups establish Fair Election Platform
Turkey's five opposition parties along with nongovernmental organizations and union confederations have formed a Fair Election Platform in Ankara in order to ensure poll...
FDD report: Turkey’s jailing of Western nationals is ‘hostage diplomacy’
A Washington think tank has warned that Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan is holding a number of Western nationals in jail to use them...
Report: Turkish soldiers torture Kurdish shepherds in Şemdinli
Kurdish shepherds Nasır Taş and Ramazan Aktaş from a village in the Şemdinli district of Hakkari province were reportedly tortured by Turkish soldiers as...
Turkish gov’t detains at least 77 people over alleged links to Gülen movement
The Turkish government detained at least 77 people across Turkey on Friday as part of its massive post-coup witch hunt targeting alleged members of...
European Parliament decides to cut IPA funds for Turkey
Johannes Hahn, the European Union Commissioner for European Neighbourhood and Enlargement Negotiations, said the EU will cut 40 percent of the European Instrument for Pre-Accession...
Turkish police seal off İstanbul’s Gezi Park on eve of protest anniversary
Following a call made by Taksim Solidarity, one of the leading groups formed to represent Gezi Park protesters, for a protest on Thursday evening,...
Turkish gov’t detains at least 40 people over alleged links to Gülen movement
The Turkish government detained at least 40 people on Thursday as part of its massive post-coup witch hunt targeting alleged members of the Gülen...
Turkish military officer sent to US for F-35 project charged as Gülen follower
A number of Turkish Air Force pilots and noncommissioned officers who were assigned to positions overseas following a controversial coup attempt in Turkey on...
Turkish gov’t slams US over its annual report on religious freedom
The Turkish government slammed a US report on international religious freedom on Wednesday, describing its section on Turkey as "baseless claims."
The US State Department...
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During the year Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan continued to relentlessly pursue anyone with alleged links with the faith-based Gülen movement, which he described...
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Weaponized Diplomacy: How Erdoğan Uses Turkish Missions for Transnational Repression
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The Forgotten Victims: Children of Turkey’s Post-Coup Purge
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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...