Turkish court approves pro-Kurdish HDP deputy Baluken’s sentence of more than 16 years in...
A Turkish regional appeals court on Wednesday approved a prison sentence of 16 years, eight months handed down by a local court to pro-Kurdish...
Turkey’s internet crackdown blocked 3,300 URLs in first seven months of 2025: report
Turkish courts blocked access to 3,330 URLs linked to 1,306 pieces of online content in the first seven months of 2025, according to a...
Erdoğan’s son-in-law sues over tweet questioning drones’ capabilities after earthquakes
Selçuk Bayraktar, the chief technical officer of Turkish unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) producer Baykar who is also the son-in-law of President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan,...
Assyrian, Chaldean associations call on Turkish authorities to investigate disappearance of villagers
Chaldean and Assyrian associations in Europe, the United States, Australia and Iraq sent a joint letter to Turkey’s justice and interior ministers demanding a...
Turkish gov’t detains 26 people fleeing to Greece to escape post-coup witch hunt
Twenty-six people were detained in Turkey’s border province of Edirne while they were reportedly fleeing to Greece to escapte the Turkish government’s post-coup witch-hunt...
Turkey arrests 87 among 223 detained in latest operations over alleged Gülen links
Turkish authorities have detained 223 people in nationwide police operations in the past 20 days over alleged links to the faith-based Gülen movement, with...
Trial of 23 accused of responsibility for mine blast in northwestern Turkey begins
A Turkish court on Tuesday began to hear the trial of 23 defendants –- eight of whom are in pretrial detention –- who are...
147 Turkish writers publish statement of solidarity with Boğaziçi University students
A total of 147 prominent Turkish writers issued a statement today in solidarity with Boğaziçi University students and their protests, Turkish media reported.
The writers,...
Turkish police seal off İstanbul’s Gezi Park on eve of protest anniversary
Following a call made by Taksim Solidarity, one of the leading groups formed to represent Gezi Park protesters, for a protest on Thursday evening,...
Turkey’s Academics for Peace renews calls for reinstatement a decade after dismissals
Turkey’s Academics for Peace, a group of 549 scholars dismissed from public universities for signing a peace petition critical of the government in 2016,...
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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...