Turkey expands Süleymanlılar probe with 29 detention warrants, trustees for 23 companies
Turkish prosecutors have ordered 29 people detained and put court-appointed trustees in charge of 23 companies in the latest sweep against businesses linked to...
Turkish Medical Association warns anti-LGBTQ+ crackdown could hinder access to HIV services
Turkey’s top medical association has warned that a nationwide crackdown targeting LGBTQ+ organizations could hinder access to HIV testing and treatment by restricting groups...
Council of Europe urges Turkey to free jailed Kurdish politicians
The Council of Europe’s Committee of Ministers has called on Turkey to immediately release jailed Kurdish politicians Selahattin Demirtaş and Figen Yüksekdağ Şenoğlu, repeating...
CPJ calls on Turkey to free jailed ETHA editor, drop charges against 3 journalists
The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) on Thursday called on Turkish authorities to immediately release jailed Etkin News Agency editor Nadiye Gürbüz and drop...
Turkey’s justice minister says election will be held in 2028 to re-elect Erdoğan
Turkish Justice Minister Akın Gürlek said Friday that an election will be held in 2028 “to re-elect” President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, as senior figures...
UN urges Turkey to release people ‘arbitrarily detained’ in anti-LGBTQ crackdown
The United Nations human rights office on Thursday called on Turkey to immediately release people it said had been arbitrarily detained in a nationwide...
Turkey jails opposition politician ahead of critical vote returning İstanbul district to AKP
Amine Cansu Çelik, a former ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) politician who later became an opposition city council member in İstanbul’s Üsküdar district,...
Turkey detains 21 in İzmir over humanitarian aid to people linked to Gülen movement
Turkish authorities detained 21 people in the western province of İzmir on Friday in an investigation targeting people accused of both links to the...
Trial begins for Turkish academic accused of insulting Erdoğan on social media
A Turkish academic and civil society executive appeared in court on charges of insulting President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan over a social media post from...
Turkey’s Constitutional Court finds fair trial violation in former officer’s coup conviction
Turkey’s Constitutional Court has ruled that the right to a fair trial of a former noncommissioned officer who was sentenced to more than 12...
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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...