HRCP calls for immediate release of abducted Turkish family in Pakistan
The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) has called for the immediate release of former Director of Pak-Turk school Mesut Kaçmaz’s and his family...
Kosovo PM sacks security chief, interior minister over abduction of 6 Turkish citizens
Kosovo Prime Minister Ramush Haradinaj on Friday dismissed the interior minister and the secret service chief after the arrest and extradition to Turkey of...
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...
UN warns Albania over return of critics to Turkey, citing risks of torture, enforced...
The UN Human Rights Council sent an urgent communication to the Albanian government requesting the current whereabouts of Selami Şimşek and urging that it...
Turkey’s spy agency forcibly returns Gülen’s nephew from Kenya
Turkish spies have arrested and brought back to Turkey a nephew living in Kenya of Islamic scholar Fethullah Gülen, who is accused by the...
Wife of missing educator launches ‘justice watch’ in Bishkek
The wife of a Turkish-Kyrgyz educator feared to have been abducted by Turkish intelligence began a “justice watch” in front of the Kyrgyz presidential...
Court denies abducted teacher’s request for investigation into torture allegations
Ankara’s 1st Penal Court of Peace has rejected the appeal of Zabit Kişi, 48, whose request for an investigation into his allegations of torture...
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...
Turkey both home to and perpetrator of transnational repression: report
The Orion Policy Institute, a Washington, D.C.,-based think tank, has published a report that found Turkey as both a perpetrator and a destination of...
UN-protected Turkish refugees deported to Turkey by Kenya held at Ankara police station
Four Turkish refugees under UN protection who were abducted by armed men in Kenya on October 18 were brought to Turkey and are being...
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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...