Pressures on the Children of Purged Public Servants (KHK)
On 6 May 2025, a Gaziantep-centered operation was carried out across 47 provinces in Türkiye, with detention warrants issued for 208 individuals. The operation primarily affected young people, many aged between 18 and 25, whose parents or close relatives had previously been dismissed from public service by emergency decrees (KHK).
The report documents concerns that family ties, travel abroad, social relationships and other ordinary activities were treated as grounds for investigation. It also raises concerns regarding restrictions on access to legal counsel and case files, as well as questions relating to freedom of movement, privacy and family life.
SRL Swiss submitted the report to the Swiss State Secretariat for Migration (SEM), drawing attention to the potential impact of these practices on second-generation individuals and calling for such circumstances to be considered in relevant asylum assessments and international human rights monitoring.