Turkey will increase its presence at INTERPOL, newly elected Executive Committee member says
Turkey will grow its presence at INTERPOL by increasing its number of liaison officers in the General Secretariat and nominating more candidates for senior...
Turkey’s intelligence service abducts journalist İnan from Ukraine over Gülen links
Yusuf İnan, a Turkish journalist, was abducted by agents of Turkey's notorious National Intelligence Organisation (MİT) in Ukraine and transported to Turkey on Sunday...
Turkey hosting Interpol General Assembly a serious blow to organization’s credibility: report
The fact that the Interpol General Assembly will meet in 2021 in İstanbul is a serious blow to the credibility of Interpol, which facilitates...
PACE names Turkey among top perpetrators of transnational repression
The Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) has listed Turkey among the world’s top 10 perpetrators of transnational repression, while an accompanying...
More than 100 people abducted thanks to ‘intelligence diplomacy’: Turkey’s vice president
Vice President Fuat Oktay said in a speech in parliament that more than 100 people with alleged links to the faith-based Gülen movement, have...
VIDEO — A Turkish national abducted in Malaysia by operatives linked to Turkey’s Erdoğan
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A Turkish national was abducted in Kuala Lumpur on a broad daylight by unknown operatives who are believed to be affiliated with Turkish government...
Turkish Embassy in Indonesia spied on critics of Erdoğan
The Turkish diplomatic mission in Indonesia engaged in a campaign of intelligence gathering and collected information on the activities of critics of Turkish President...
Azeri student deported from Turkey after joining campus protest alleges mistreatment
A graduate student from Azerbaijan who was deported from Turkey after taking part in a campus protest claims she was physically restrained, denied prescribed...
Erdoğan’s long arm targets critics, stirs up troubles in Sweden
Turkey has expanded its witch hunt against critics to Sweden, using government institutions, affiliated NGOs and operatives, a report released by the Stockholm Center...
Turkish teacher Çabuk arrested by Georgian court upon Turkish government’s request
Mustafa Emre Çabuk, a Turkish teacher with a valid Georgian residence permit, was sent to prison by a Tbilisi court hours after he was detained...
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...