Basic monthly expenses for a family of 4 in Turkey hit $2,190 in September
A family of four in Turkey now needs 91,109 lira ($2,192) a month to cover basic expenses such as food, housing, transportation, education and...
Turkey sentenced 67 people to 299 years in prison in freedom of expression trials:...
A trial monitoring study by the Media and Law Studies Association (MLSA) has revealed that 67 people in Turkey were handed down 299 years,...
Mother of toddler arrested in defiance of legal provisions
Sultan and İbrahim Ataş, the parents of a 14-month-old-toddler and a 3-year-old girl, were arrested on Sunday despite legal provisions that require postponement of...
Former ruling party lawmaker arrested after accusing AKP of patronage
A former lawmaker from Turkey’s ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) who was detained on Tuesday morning after publicly accusing the party of patronage...
Almost half of İstanbulites believe city’s mayor was tried for political reasons: survey
According to a survey conducted by MetroPOLL Research in November, 44.8 percent of İstanbul residents believe the trial of İstanbul Mayor Ekrem İmamoğlu was...
Anti-Armenian sentiment increases in Turkey following Azerbaijani-Armenian clashes: report
Clashes between Armenia and Azerbaijan in the southern Caucasus have triggered a new wave of anti-Armenian sentiment in Turkey, exploited and fueled by ultranationalist...
15 arrested in bribery, organized crime probe targeting former CHP mayor in Bursa
Fifteen people, including a former district mayor from the main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP), have been arrested in a bribery and organized crime...
Journalist Hidayet Karaca has been held alone in a prison cell for more than...
Hidayet Karaca, a prominent journalist and former chief executive of the Samanyolu Media Group who was arrested in 2014 and sentenced to aggravated life,...
23 people detained in Turkey for finding jobs for summarily dismissed public servants
The Antalya Chief Public Prosecutor's Office on Sunday detained 23 people on suspicion of finding jobs for public servants who were summarily dismissed from...
Turkish authorities blocked parole for 16 political prisoners: rights groups
Rights groups in Turkey accused prison authorities on Friday of unlawfully obstructing the release of political prisoners, claiming that 16 inmates at Istanbul’s Bakırköy...
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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...