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Turkish inmate jailed over alleged Gülen links dies of heart attack in prison
Mehmet Çataklı, a 51-year-old inmate jailed over alleged links to the faith-based Gülen movement, died of a heart attack on Saturday in İstanbul’s Marmara Prison the TR724 news website reported. Çataklı was arrested in June on charges of membership in a terrorist organization based on allegations that included allowing his daughter to stay in a student […]
Message of Condemnation and Condolences for Mass Shooting at Bondi Beach, Sydney
Message of Condemnation and Condolences for Mass Shooting at Bondi Beach, Sydney December 14, 2025– We strongly condemn the horrific mass shooting at Sydney’s Bondi Beach, that targeted the members of the Jewish community who were gathered for a Hanukkah celebration. The attack has taken at least fifteen innocent lives and left many others injured, […]
Media executive Hidayet Karaca marks 11th year in prison over alleged links to Gülen movement
Hidayet Karaca, a former journalist and chief executive of the Samanyolu Media Group, has marked 11 years in prison in Turkey. Karaca, who is incarcerated in Marmara Prison in İstanbul’s Silivri district, notorious for its large number of political prisoners, has spent more than nine years in a one-person cell. He used to run the […]
ECtHR faults Turkey for convictions of 2,420 applicants over Gülen links in follow-up to 2023 judgment
The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) ruled Tuesday that Turkey violated the rights of 2,420 people convicted of terrorism due to their alleged ties to the faith-based Gülen movement, finding that the judiciary failed to ensure fair trials and imposed criminal penalties without a legal basis. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has been targeting […]
New Book Exposes Erdoğan’s “Civil Death Project” Targeting the Hizmet Movement
A major new contribution to the human rights literature on contemporary Türkiye has been released with the publication of Erdoğan’s Civil Death PROJECT – Persecution of the Hizmet Movement in Türkiye, authored by civil rights scholar Prof. James C. Harrington and international human rights attorney Coşkun Yorulmaz. Published by Blue Dome Press and distributed globally by Simon & Schuster, […]
European Human Rights Treaty Faces Legal And Political Tests
Calls for reform, landmark court rulings, and rising political pressure put the European Convention on Human Rights at a crossroads across the continent. Key Points The European human rights landscape is facing a period of exceptional turbulence, with recent decisions and debates placing the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR) and its overseeing court at […]
ECtHR rejects Turkey’s appeal, clearing path for retrials in Gülen-linked cases
The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) on Monday rejected an appeal by the Turkish government to refer to the Grand Chamber its ruling that allows the retrial of 239 people convicted on terrorism charges for alleged links to the faith-based Gülen movement, the Stockholm Center for Freedom reported, citing Turkish media. Turkey’s appeal challenged the ECtHR’s […]
Erdoğan’s Civil Death Project’ : The ‘politicide’ spanning more than a decade
A new book released on October 15 says Ankara pursued a systematic campaign to erase a civic movement from public life. “The book is about the systematic and relentless persecution … to bring about their civil death,” Turkish lawyer and human‑rights advocate Coşkun Yorulmaz, co-author of the book, told Turkish Minute in an interview. “Erdoğan’s […]
After Reunion: A Quiet Transformation Within the Hizmet Movement
Following the passing of the late Fethullah Gülen, the U.S. leg of the commemorative tour “After Reunion” concluded last weekend with a moving finale at Felician University’s Breslin Center for the Performing Arts in New Jersey. The 1,500-seat hall was filled to capacity. On the surface, it was a memorial; beneath it, a quiet transformation within the Hizmet […]
Fethullah Gülen’s Condolence Message for South African Human Rights Defender Archbishop Desmond Tutu
I am deeply saddened to learn of the death of Archbishop Desmond Tutu, who has been an advocate for human rights and equality throughout his life in his native South Africa and around the world.
– Fethullah Gulen
Hizmet Movement Declares Core Values with Unified Voice
The Alliance for Shared Values (AfSV), a U.S.-based non-profit representing regional Hizmet organizations, together with many other Hizmet-affiliated nonprofits around the world, published a landmark document that helps define and guide the civil society movement’s activities for years to come.
Ankara systematically tortures supporters of Gülen movement, Kurds, Turkey Tribunal rapporteurs say
The Turkey Tribunal, a civil society-led, symbolic international tribunal established to adjudicate recent human rights violations in Turkey, started proceedings in Geneva on Monday where rapporteurs pointed to the use of systematic torture by the government against alleged members of the faith-based Gülen movement and Kurds.
Purge-victim man sent back to prison over Gulen links despite stage 4 cancer diagnosis
Yusuf Özmen, a cancer patient who has been sentenced to 8 years, 9 months in prison due to his alleged links to the Gülen movement, has recently been sent back to prison after the supreme court of appeals upheld the prison sentence.
