Turkish gov’t accuses UN human rights high commissioner of ‘collaborating with terrorists’
The Turkish government led by autocratic President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has issued a strongly worded response that included insults to UN High Commissioner for...
Turkey’s Erdoğan praises Gabon abductions, vows new operations
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on Tuesday praised the abduction of three Gülen movement-linked people by Turkey’s National Intelligence Organization (MİT) from Gabon, saying...
HDP’s Demirtaş: My candidacy from prison a shame for Turkish politics and AKP
“My candidacy from prison is a shame for the political landscape in Turkey and the Justice and Development Party government," said Selahattin Demirtaş,...
4 people trying to escape persecution in Turkey missing after boat capsizes in Evros...
A woman and her three children went missing after a boat carrying several Turkish asylum seekers who fled Turkey due to an ongoing government...
Mistreatment in police custody leaves dismissed Turkish academic Gülmen with injured leg
Nuriye Gülmen, an academic who had been dismissed from her job last year by a Turkish government decree, has said her leg was injured...
UN report documents Turkish military’s targeting of civilians in Afrin
The Turkish air force may have failed to take all feasible precautions prior to launching certain attacks, leading to the death of civilians during...
US wants Turkey’s so-called audio recording proving Khashoggi’s torture and murder
CIA Director Gina Haspel, in Turkey to investigate the death of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi, has sought to hear a purported audio recording of...
Minister on harassed student: I won’t allow pressure on police over a woman with...
Turkish Minister of Interior Affairs Süleyman Soylu said on Wednesday that he would not let the police be pressured over a university student whose...
Turkish justice system fails to release purge victim diagnosed with stage 4 cancer
Abdülazim Özdemir, a 49-year-old engineer who was purged from his job at the Ministry of Development in the aftermath of a failed coup in...
New ‘research center’ a dead end for purged diplomats reinstated by the courts
Career diplomats who were purged from the Foreign Ministry by the Turkish government and subsequently reinstated by the courts will be employed in a...
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Turkey's campaign of transnational repression against critics abroad continued throughout 2025. Since a coup attempt in July 2016, President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s long arm...
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Human Rights in Turkey: 2024 in Review
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Throughout the year Turkey continued...
Dehumanizing a Legacy: How Fethullah Gülen’s Death Triggered a Campaign of Hate Speech in...
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Sippenhaft, also known as...