4-year-old visits her dad in jail wearing T-shirt with her newborn brother’s picture
While millions of children were celebrating the National Sovereignty and Children’s Day on April 23 with joy, there were hundreds of children who were barred...
Turkish opposition leader’s lawyer: Prosecutor asked me why I cancelled my cable subscription
Turkey's main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) leader Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu’s lawyer, Celal Çelik, who was released on Friday after 14 days of detention over...
Turkish FM Çavuşoğlu visits Erdoğanist thugs in US prison
Turkey's Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu visited Erdoğanist thugs Eyüp Yıldırım and Sinan Narin who were arrested by an American court for their role in...
Kurdish Red Crescent says civilians in Afrin under threat of massacre
Stating that 232 civilians, including 35 children and 29 women, have been killed and at least 668 civilians, among them some 90 children and 100...
Turkish court rules re-arrest of pro-Kurdish HDP’s spokesperson Ayhan Bilgen
A Turkish court has ruled re-arrest of Pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) Kars deputy and Spokesperson Ayhan Bilgen, who was released on September 8...
IAJ calls on EU leaders to not ignore Turkish government’s judicial abuses
The International Association of Judges (IAJ) called on leaders of the European Union to not ignore the Turkish government's judicial abuses in a written...
Jailed businessman Boydak: Money I sent to my children considered as support of a...
Jailed businessman Memduh Boydak, former CEO of Kayseri-based Boydak Holding, which was seized by Turkish government of autocratic President of Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has...
501 detained, 63 arrested in anti-Gülen operations in one week
A total of 501 people were detained, with 63 of them put under arrest, in operations targeting the faith-based Gülen movement over the past...
AI’s Vanderlinden: Erdogan abuses coup attempt as opportunity to silence all dissident voices
International human rights organization Amnesty International’s (AI) Turkey Coordinator Jenny Vanderlinden has said that the failed coup on July 15, 2016 has been an...
Turkish police batter Saturday Mothers in 704th week demonstration
The Saturday Mothers, who have been fighting for 23 years to have the fate of relatives who disappeared while in the custody of security...
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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...
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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...