EP head Tajani: No place for Turkey in EU without a radical change
Antonio Tajani, president of the European Parliament (EP), has said that developments concerning press freedom in Turkey are a sign that “Turkey is turning...
An assailant defaces Alevi cemevi in Turkey with insults, cursing
An unidentified assailant wrote insulting and curse-filled graffiti on the walls of a cemevi, an Alevi house of worship, in the northwestern province of...
Turkish court gives 9-year jail sentence to man for taking medicine to Gülen-linked hospitals...
A 60-year-old Turkish man, Abdurrahman Selçuk, has been convicted of terror charges and handed down a nine-year jail sentence by a Turkish court on...
Turkish gov’t detains at least 70 people over alleged links to Gülen movement
Turkish government detained more than 70 people on Friday across Turkey as part of its massive post-coup witch hunt campaign targeting alleged members of...
Turkish gov’t detains at least 111 people over alleged links to Gülen movement
The Turkish government detained at least 111 people on Thursday across Turkey as part of its massive post-coup witch hunt targeting alleged members of...
The Kafkaesque case of a visual Turkish journalist: Don’t forget Fevzi!
On the occasion of May 3, World Press Freedom Day, Can Bahadır Yüce, a poet, academic and journalist, has written an article for English...
Jailed teacher had to send baby away due to poor conditions in Turkish prison
Turkish teacher Ayşe Çelik, who was jailed with her baby earlier this month on terror charges because she had said, “Don’t let children die”...
Jailed journalist Baransu says, he only wrote on whatever Turkey was talking about
Former Taraf daily journalist Mehmet Baransu, who was jailed in March 2015, has said what he did was only to engage in his profession...
UNAOC cancels Press Freedom Day event over pressure from Turkey
The United Nations Alliance of Civilizations (UNAOC) indefinitely postponed an event at the UN on Thursday to observe World Press Freedom Day after the...
SCF, IOHR partner to celebrate World Press Freedom Day with a focus on Turkey
The Stockholm Center for Freedom (SCF) has partnered with the London-based International Observatory of Human Rights (IOHR) to commemorate World Press Freedom Day at...
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Turkey’s Crackdown on the Gülen Movement: 2025 in Review
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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The state of women’s rights in Turkey showed no meaningful improvement in 2025, as longstanding problems persisted and new challenges emerged. Femicides, institutional failures...
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...