Record number of jailed journalists globally, Turkey among top offenders: CPJ
The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) has found that a record number of journalists are currently imprisoned around the world, with Turkey among the...
Increasing COVID-19 cases in Turkish prisons cause panic among families of political prisoners
An exponential increase of COVID-19 cases in Turkish prisons has caused panic among families of political prisoners following reports of outbreaks in prisons in...
Turkish far-right leader calls for recognition of Alevi cemevis as houses of worship
The leader of Turkey’s far-right Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) on Tuesday called for the removal of barriers preventing the recognition of cemevis, Alevi houses...
Opposition MP on EU-Turkey Joint Parliamentary Committee prevented from leaving Turkey due to travel...
Zeynel Özen, a lawmaker from the pro-Kurdish Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) and a member of the EU-Turkey Joint Parliamentary Committee (JPC) who holds both...
PACE urges Turkey to take meaningful steps to improve democracy, rule of law and...
The Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe’s (PACE) Monitoring Committee on Friday strongly condemned new crackdowns on political opposition and civil dissent in...
New report details UN findings on systemic rights violations in Turkey after 2016 coup...
A new report compiled by the Netherlands-based human rights group Stichting Justice Square has detailed a pattern of human rights violations in Turkey following...
Reinstated post-coup victims unable to start work due to security investigations
A number of public servants who were dismissed from their jobs in the aftermath of a July 15, 2016 coup attempt in Turkey and...
Turkish penal system fails to provide basic healthcare for the sick
The Turkish penal system fails to provide basic healthcare for inmates with chronic diseases and disabilities and prisoners who have tested positive for COVID-19,...
CPJ urges Turkish authorities not to contest two journalists’ appeals
The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) on Thursday called on Turkish authorities to refrain from challenging the appeals of two journalists who were convicted for their...
Turkish court acquits police officer who killed Kurdish student in SE Turkey
A Turkish court has acquitted police officer Yakup Şenocak, who shot a Kurdish university student Kemal Kurkut to death during Nevruz celebrations in the...
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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...