Fugitive defendant in 2015 Ankara bombings arrested, released in 2014 despite ISIL execution video
Crucial evidence has emerged in the ongoing trial related to the 2015 Ankara bombings that killed 103 people and injured more than 500, revealing...
Top judicial body instructs judges to arrest more Gülen supporters: report
According to a document that the Kronos news website published on Saturday, Turkey’s top judicial body, the Board of Judges and Prosecutors (HSK), sent...
Turkish court gives aggravated life sentences to 41 defendants in İBB phase of coup...
A high criminal court in İstanbul has handed down aggravated life sentences to 41 defendants due to their alleged role in the occupation of...
Families in Turkey struggle with poverty, poor housing: report
Families across Turkey have been grappling with deepening poverty and deteriorating living conditions, the Evrensel daily reported.
According to Evrensel, the Turkish Statistical Institute’s (TurkStat) 2025 report...
Turkey’s top court received 430K petitions claiming rights violations in last 10 years
Turkey’s Constitutional Court received 428,554 individual applications between 2012 and June 30 of this year, with some 70 percent of them concerning violations of...
84-year-old Nusret Muğla dies after contracting COVID-19 in prison
Nusret Muğla, an 84-year-old ailing man who was serving a sentence on conviction of links to the Gülen movement, passed away on Sunday after...
Turkey arrests mayor and 4 municipal officials in expanding crackdown on opposition
Turkish authorities arrested the mayor of Şile, a seaside district on the northern outskirts of Istanbul, along with four other municipal officials early Monday...
EU Commission: Turkey’s membership hopes at an all-time low
Turkey will receive the most damning evaluation yet of its European Union accession hopes, more than a decade after it launched its bid to...
US Congress unanimously condemns Turkey over Erdoğan bodyguard attack
The House of Representatives unanimously passed a resolution condemning Turkey over the beating of protesters by bodyguards of Turkey's autocratic President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan...
Turkish gov’t detains at least 70 people, mostly on-duty military officers, over alleged links...
Turkish government has detained at least 70 people, including on-duty military officers across the country on Wednesday morning over their alleged links to Gülen movement...
Latest Reports
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...
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...