Wives of jailed Turkish police chiefs who led 2013 corruption operations detained
Wives of jailed police chiefs Yakub Saygılı and Kazım Aksoy, who led corruption and bribery operations against the government of Turkish autocratic President Recep...
Turkey’s ruling AKP votes down probe on Paradise Papers at Parliament
Turkey's ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) voted down a parliamentary motion to investigate revelations in recent leaks of offshore financial dealings by high level...
Turkish activist Saçılık says hunger striker Nuriye Gülmen is now 37 kg and at...
Veli Saçılık, a Turkish leftist protester and a friend of Turkish educators Nuriye Gülmen and Semih Özakça, who started a hunger strike in order to protest...
Journalist Mutlu Çölgeçen in Turkish jail for 432 days over his criticism against gov’t
A prominent journalist known for his scoops on defence and military affairs has been jailed in Turkey for 432 days over Tweet messages and...
Turkish security forces’ abandoned ammunitions kill 18 children in last 20 months
At least 18 children have lost their lives and 33 more have been wounded in the last 20 months in the blasts of explosive...
Turkish gov’t grants poverty certificate to purge-victim businessman after seizing his multi-billion company
Jailed Turkish Businessman Taner Nakıboğlu, the owner of government-seized NAKSAN Holding, a Turkey-based packing company, said during a hearing on Tuesday that before his...
Report: Government’s surveillance invades social media privacy in Turkey
"State employees in Turkey have been forced to participate in an incrimination of their own freedom of thought and expression. State authorities, as employers,...
Exiled journalist reveals systematic mass torture, abuse targeting Turkey’s military staff
According to an article written by Turkish journalist Cevheri Güven titled “Game in a Sports Hall in Ankara“ published in Kronos online news outlet...
CHP’s Türkmen: 1 mln people doomed to starvation under Turkey’s rule of emergency
More than 100 thousand public officials in Turkey have been dismissed from their jobs without a criminal investigation under the rule of emergency (OHAL),...
Turkish gov’t jails journalists Gündem, Gönültaş and Kılıç over links to Gülen movement
Turkish government has jailed 3 more journalists on Tuesday. It was learned that journalists Mehmet Gündem, Nuh Gönültaş and Behram Kılıç were arrested by...
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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...
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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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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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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...