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Turkey orders detention of 9 despite European court ruling that messaging app use alone...

Turkish prosecutors have ordered the detention of nine people for using an encrypted messaging app despite rulings by the European Court of Human Rights...

Nearly 900 children under 6 live in Turkish prisons as overcrowding exceeds 108,000 inmates

A recent report by the Civil Society in the Penal System (CİSST) has revealed a growing number of children living behind bars with their mothers, while...

Human Rights in Turkey: 2025 in Review

Download PDF This report highlights the most important developments in the area of human rights in Turkey in 2025, a year marked by continued democratic...

European rights court rules Turkey violated rights of 93 people arrested over alleged Gülen...

The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) ruled Tuesday that Turkey violated the rights of 93 people accused of links to the Gülen movement...

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Turkish lawmaker criticizes refusal to release seriously ill inmate despite two medical reports

A Turkish opposition lawmaker on Thursday criticized authorities for keeping a seriously ill prisoner behind bars despite two official medical reports recommending his release,...

Democracy and human rights continue to decline in Turkey as Erdoğan’s autocracy deepens: report

Democracy and human rights in Turkey are deteriorating as the government of President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan operates without effective checks, with press freedom shrinking...

Turkey’s top court finds rights violations in killing of Kurdish man, dragging of his...

Turkey’s Constitutional Court has ruled that security forces violated the rights of Hacı Lokman Birlik, a 24-year-old Kurdish man who was killed in 2015...

Uşak mayor detained in bribery probe amid growing crackdown on main opposition

Turkish authorities detained the mayor of Uşak along with 10 others on Friday as part of a bribery investigation, the latest move in an...

Turkey arrests 17 in latest crackdown on alleged Gülen members

A Turkish court has ordered the arrest of 17 people over alleged links to the faith-based Gülen movement, while releasing two others under judicial...

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Human Rights in Turkey: 2025 in Review

Download PDF 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

Download PDF 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

Download PDF 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

Download PDF 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...

Download PDF 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

Download PDF This report focuses on how the Turkish government, under President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, has used family punishment against his opponents. Sippenhaft, also known as...

Human Rights in Turkey: 2023 in Review

Download PDF This report highlights the most important developments in the area of human rights in Turkey during the year 2023. The May 2023 re-election of...

Hate speech and hate crimes against Syrian refugees in Turkey

Download PDF This report focuses on the inflammatory rhetoric and illegal acts motivated by prejudice faced by refugees who fled the civil war in Syria...
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