Enforced disappearances must be investigated by an independent committee, lawmaker says
Enforced disappearances must be investigated by an independent committee, said Sezgin Tanrıkulu, a human rights defender and deputy from the Republican People's Party, ANKA...
Turkish police believe Saudi journalist was killed at consulate
Turkish authorities believe that prominent Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi, who disappeared four days ago after entering Saudi Arabia’s consulate in Istanbul, was killed inside...
Erdoğanist journalist Küçük: Turkish gov’t to abduct Gülen followers in US, Europe
Journalist Cem Küçük, a staunch supporter of Turkish autocratic President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, said following "operations in Pakistan and Indonesia", the Turkish intelligence agency...
Kyrgyzstan transfers management of Gülen-linked Sapat schools to Turkey
The government of Kyrgyzstan has transferred the management of Sapat schools, affiliated with the Gülen movement, to Turkey’s state-run Maarif Foundation, according to an...
Turkish diplomatic missions in the US are hunting down critics of President Erdoğan: report
Turkish diplomatic missions in the United States are continuing to profile critics of President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan in parallel to an ongoing witch-hunt in...
Erdogan’s long arm in Europe: The case of the Netherlands
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- SCF report on the Netherlands decodes Erdoğan’s long arm in Europe
Turkey has escalated its witch hunt persecution on critics to abroad using...
Brazilian supreme court releases Turkish-Brazilian businessman sought by Erdoğan gov’t over Gülen links
Brazil’s Supreme Federal Court (STF) has ordered the release of Turkish-Brazilian businessman Mustafa Göktepe, who was arrested last week at the request of the...
Turkey’s post-coup crackdown, 10 years on: Transnational repression
Ten years after a coup attempt on July 15, 2016, Turkey continues to operate one of the world’s most extensive systems of transnational repression,...
Wife worried missing educator subjected to torture, maltreatment
The wife of the president of a prestigious school network in Kyrgyzstan who went missing in Bishkek on Monday said she has concerns about...
US report says Turkey committed widespread human rights abuses in 2024
Turkey committed widespread human rights violations in 2024, including unlawful killings, torture, arbitrary detention, media censorship and transnational repression, according to a new US...
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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...