Turkey’s ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) has utilised its youth organisations to dominate the public discourse and to intimidate the political opposition through social media in Turkey, Suleyman Ozeren, a Turkish scholar from George Mason University and a fellow at the Orion Policy Institute, said. Özeren was interviewed by journalist Nervana Mahmoud in an Ahval podcast.

The Senate Human Rights Caucus held a meeting on June 15, 2021, on the state of human rights in Turkey moderated by Nadine Maenza, Commissioner of the United States Commission on International Religious Freedom, and featuring remarks by Senator Chris Coons and Senator Thom Tillis. Listen to remarks from Suleyman Ozeren, Adjunct Faculty at George Mason University.