Turkish gov’t detains 25 teachers as 5 more military officers surrender over alleged links...
Five more military officers have surrendered to Turkish police over their links to the Gülen movement on Thursday as the government has detained dozens...
Greece seizes Libya-bound ship carrying explosive materials loaded in Turkish ports
Greek authorities have seized a Tanzanian-flagged ship heading for Libya and carrying materials, which have been loaded in Turkey's İskenderun and Mersin ports, used...
COMMENTARY — Erdogan’s confidante who led armed Islamist group operating in Sweden via UETD
By Abdullah Bozkurt
Metin Külünk, a close confidante of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, is the man who is in charge of clandestine operations in...
Turkish police detain 29 people including journalists and academics in İstanbul
Turkish government has detained 29 Kurds and Alevis, including journalists and academics, in İstanbul on Wednesday.
According to a report by Berlin-based online news...
Four military officers allegedly linked to Gülen movement surrender to Turkish police in Ankara
Four on-duty military officers have allegedly surrendered to Turkish police in capital Ankara on Wednesday and reportedly confessed to being linked with the Gülen...
Turkey marks Working Journalists’ Day as thousands of journalists jobless, jailed or exiled
Turkish journalists mark Working Journalists’ Day amid calls for release of jailed, jobless and suffering journalists persecuted by Justice and Development Party (AKP) government of...
Turkey’s captured MİT officials says killings of 3 Kurdish women in Paris approved by...
Two top Turkish intelligence officials who were captured by the PKK have reportedly revealed that the killings of three Kurdish women in Paris planned by...
VP’s Perinçek reiterates they informed Turkish gov’t about coup attempt days before July 15,...
Doğu Perinçek, the chairman of the neo-nationalist Homeland Party (VP), has reiterated that his party officials informed Justice and Development Party (AKP) government under the...
Eighteen coup suspect generals released in Turkey over lack of evidence
At least 18 generals and admirals, whose names were at an alleged list of the military commanders who were allegedly appointed by putschist "the...
German supreme court halts deportation of Turkish citizen due to torture in Turkey
Germany’s supreme court has halted the deportation of a Turkish citizen convicted of supporting an radical Islamist militant organisation on Tuesday, saying authorities should...
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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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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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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...