Turkish police officer, suspended over alleged Gülen links, commits suicide
İbrahim Eski, a police officer who was suspended from his duty in the framework of an investigation carried out as part of Turkish government's...
JWF urges United Nations to form an international commission to investigate Turkey’s controversial coup...
The New York-based Journalists and Writers Foundation (JWF) in a statement released on Monday called on the United Nations to form an international commission...
Turkish gov’t detains 970 people over alleged links to Gülen movement in a week
Turkish government has detained at least 970 people as part of its massive post-coup witch hunt campaign targeting the alleged members of the Gülen...
Turkish PM Yıldırım on coup trials: I would hang them in one month
Turkish Prime Minister Binali Yıldırım has said he would hang the suspects of a botched coup attempt in July 2016 in one month, complaining...
Turkey says Kurdish referendum by KRG illegitimate, null and void
Turkish Prime Minister Binali Yıldırım on Sunday declared a vote for independence to be held on Monday by the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) “null...
Chairman Akgün: Maarif Foundation works in framework of Turkey’s strategic priorities abroad
Birol Akgün, the chairman of the controversial Maarif Foundation, has stated in an interview to the state-run Anadolu news agency on Saturday that the foundation...
KRG council says no postponement of independence referendum
The Kurdistan High Council for the Referendum said on Saturday that rumors of postponing a referendum for independence to be held in northern Iraq...
Report: At least 30 female journalists detained, 16 of them jailed under Turkey’s rule...
At least 30 female journalist were detained under the rule of emergency declared in the aftermath of a controversial coup attempt on July 15,...
Turkish gov’t issues detention warrants for 33 more lawyers over alleged links to Gülen...
The İzmir Chief Prosecutor’s Office has issued detention warrants for 44 people including 33 lawyers on Friday as part of an investigation into İzmir...
Turkish government arrests 14 lawyers on alleged terror charges
A total of 14 lawyers, who defending the jailed hunger striking educators Nuriye Gülmen and Semih Özakça, have been arrested on charges of alleged...
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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...