Dismissed Turkish soldier dies awaiting reinstatement ruling after coup-era prosecution
A former Turkish soldier who was dismissed by an emergency decree after a failed coup in 2016 died of colon cancer on July 3...
27 former police officers detained over alleged Gülen links in ‘ByLock investigation’
Turkish police detained 30 people in raids carried out in İzmir for alleged links to the faith-based Gülen movement, the TR724 news website reported on...
Turkish gov’t failed to carry out most actions in its human rights action plan
The Turkish government has failed to carry out most of the actions in the new human rights action plan that was announced by President...
Turkish prosecutor issues detention warrant for pro-Kurdish HDP Co-chairperson Kemalbay
Turkish prosecutors on Friday issued a detention warrant for Serpil Kemalbay, co-chairperson of the pro-Kurdish Democratic Peoples’ Party (HDP), just two days before a...
Wrong place, wrong time: Turkish cadet serving life over failed coup
On July 15, 2016, officer cadet Alper Kalın was about to leave his base in Ankara for a friend’s wedding when he was told...
Ousted Kurdish mayor given lengthy prison sentence on terrorism charges
A Turkish court has handed down an almost 20-year prison sentence to a Kurdish mayor who was ousted from office earlier this week on terrorism-related charges,...
Teacher under threat of deportation from Kosovo for torture in Turkey
A Turkish teacher named Uğur Toksoy was detained by Kosovo authorities just following a visit by Ankara Chief Prosecutor Yüksel Kocaman, to the land over...
Refugee centers on Greek islands strained as migrant flow from Turkey increases
A large arrival of migrants from Turkey has rung alarm bells at the asylum service on the Greek Aegean island of Lesvos, according to...
Main opposition mayor, husband detained as crackdown on opposition municipalities expands
Turkish police on Monday detained the mayor of İzmit, her husband and a local official from the main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) in...
ECtHR notifies Turkey of 3rd batch of 1,000 applications over Gülen movement convictions after...
The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) on Monday notified Ankara of 1,000 applications in its docket for convictions of Gülen movement membership over...
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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.
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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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Family Punishment in Turkey: How Erdoğan Uses the Nazi Practice of Sippenhaft
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Sippenhaft, also known as...