World Justice Project shows Turkey among world’s worst for rule of law
Turkey has fallen to the 101st position out of 113 countries in the World Justice Project’s 2017-18 Rule of Law Index, a comprehensive measure...
Improvised explosive kills 3 Turkish soldiers, injures 3 in Syria’s Afrin
Three Turkish soldiers were killed and three others were wounded by an explosion on Thursday during a search operation in the Afrin province of...
Int’l law associations: Turkey in breach of its international law obligations
International law associations have sent a joint letter to Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan calling on him and the Turkish government to ensure and...
Turkish businessman abducted in Baku on Thursday put in prison in İstanbul on Friday
Turkish businessman Mustafa Ceyhan, who was abducted by unknown people in Baku, the capital city of Azerbaijan, on Thursday over his alleged affiliation with...
Turkish-German footballers received by German president after Erdoğan row
German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier on Saturday met with two German football players with Turkish roots who have been at the center of a political...
Turkish man badly beaten at Turkish consulate in Rotterdam
A Turkish man living in the Netherlands filed a criminal complaint claiming that he was badly beaten and tear gassed by the security personnel...
12 people detained while trying to flee from Turkey’s post-coup crackdown to Greece
Twelve people were stopped by gendarmes and detained in Edirne province over the weekend while they were reportedly on their way to Greece, Turkish media reported...
Kurdish woman detained at İstanbul airport after extradition from Norway
Gülizar Taşdemir (42), rumored by the pro-government media to have been a former “aide” in the outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK), was taken into...
Staff of Turkey’s state-run TRT briefly detained in Greece
Staff members of Turkey's public TV broadcaster TRT were briefly detained in the Greek city of Alexandroupolis late Saturday.
According to a report by Turkey's...
Afghan security forces raid Afghan-Turk Boys High School in Shibirghan
The Afghan-Turk Boys High School in Shibirghan was raided by members of the Afghan security forces under the command of Uzbek leader Abdul Rashid...
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Torture, Ill-treatment and Prison Conditions in Turkey: 2025 in Review
Turkey's record on torture and ill-treatment continued to deteriorate in 2025, despite its commitments under international human rights conventions.
Throughout the year human rights organizations...
Turkey’s Transnational Repression: 2025 in Review
Turkey's campaign of transnational repression against critics abroad continued throughout 2025. Since a coup attempt in July 2016, President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s long arm...
Turkey’s Crackdown on the Gülen Movement: 2025 in Review
During the year Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan continued to relentlessly pursue anyone with alleged links with the faith-based Gülen movement, which he described...
Women’s rights in Turkey: 2025 in Review
The state of women’s rights in Turkey showed no meaningful improvement in 2025, as longstanding problems persisted and new challenges emerged. Femicides, institutional failures...
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...