US President Trump signs defence act suspending delivery of F 35s to Turkey
US President Donald Trump at a Monday ceremony in Fort Drum, New York, signed a national defense bill that suspends delivery of F35 Joint...
Pro-Kurdish HDP’s former deputy Leyla Birlik flees Turkey
A former parliamentarian for the pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) has illegally crossed the border into Greece to apply for asylum and has been...
Turkey’s Erdoğan requests immediate extradition of 13 people from Kyrgyzstan over Gülen links
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan reportedly handed a list of 130 people who are allegedly members of the Gülen movement to the Bishkek government...
Turkey’s İstanbul Municipality removes Trump’s name from metro underpass
The city council of İstanbul on Friday overwhelmingly voted to remove US President Donald Trump's name from a pedestrian underpass in the bustling business...
Reuters: Erdoğan says court, not politicians, will decide fate of pastor Brunson
Turkish President Tayyip Erdoğan told Reuters in an interview that the Turkish court, not politicians, will decide the fate of an American pastor whose...
Austria to ban famous Rabia sign of Turkish President Erdoğan
Austria’s Interior Minister Herbert Kickl announced that the Austrian government is planning to ban certain Turkish hand signs, including Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s Rabia,...
Turkey’s Erdoğan says Trump ‘late’ in trying to improve relations
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on Tuesday said US President Donald Trump’s remarks on Turkish-American relations were “late” in coming, the Cumhuriyet daily reported.
Trump...
IPI urges Merkel, Macron to confront Turkey on press freedom
The International Press Institute (IPI), a global network of editors, media executives and leading journalists for press freedom, has written to German Chancellor Angela...
German Interior Ministry denies receiving extradition list from Turkey’s Erdoğan
Germany’s Interior Ministry has said Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan did not present a list of 136 people to German Chancellor Angela Merkel whose...
US includes Turkey among countries flagged for high risk of kidnapping
The US State Department has added a new indicator to its travel advisories to flag the high risk of kidnapping in 35 countries around...
Latest Reports
New report exposes widespread, systematic rights violations in Turkey’s crackdown on the Gülen movement
STOCKHOLM— The Stockholm Center for Freedom today released a new report, “UN Findings on Turkey’s Crackdown on the Gülen Movement: Widespread and Systematic Rights...
Human Rights in Turkey: 2025 in Review
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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
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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...
Family Punishment in Turkey: How Erdoğan Uses the Nazi Practice of Sippenhaft
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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
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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...