Police officers who exposed Erdoğan family’s corruption sentenced to life
The İstanbul 14th High Criminal Court on Monday handed down life sentences to 15 defendants for attempting to overthrow the Turkish government with a...
ISIL suicide bomber searched for twice in security system before 2015 attack: report
Turkish Interior Ministry inspectors have discovered that the name of an Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) terrorist who orchestrated a suicide...
Turkey should end detention of lawyers held for representing clients: ICJ
The International Commission of Jurists (ICJ) on Monday expressed its deep concern at the issuance of detention warrants for 60 lawyers in Turkey on...
Berlin denies Turkey’s accusations of press freedom violations in detention of journalists
The German Foreign Ministry has denied Turkey’s accusations of violation of freedom of the press over the brief detention of two journalists from the...
UN experts call for dropping of terror charges against leading human rights defenders
A group of United Nations experts including Annalisa Ciampi, Special Rapporteur on the rights to freedom of peaceful assembly and of association; Michel Forst, Special...
Defence minister: Turkish military to stay in Syria’s Afrin region until threats eliminated
The Turkish military will continue to take necessary measures in Syria’s Afrin region, from which it drove the Kurdish People's Protection Units (YPG) militia...
Report reveals alarming shortage of women’s shelters across Turkey
A recent report by Republican People’s Party (CHP) deputy Gamze Akkuş İlgezdi has revealed a critical shortage in the number and capacity of women’s...
Kenyan court delays decision on Turkish refugee until Dec. 30 amid growing fears of...
A Kenyan court on Monday postponed its ruling on Mustafa Güngör, a Turkish refugee arrested in Kenya, until December 30, as human rights groups...
Turkey rejects US human rights report amid news of death of inmates due to...
The Turkish Foreign Ministry has rejected the 2021 human rights report published by the US Department of State on Tuesday amid news of the...
Erdoğan claims the target is not himself but Turkey, Islam
Turkey's political Islamist President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on Sunday called on people to be alert to foreign plots including the currency crisis, underlining that...
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Turkey's campaign of transnational repression against critics abroad continued throughout 2025. Since a coup attempt in July 2016, President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s long arm...
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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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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...