13-year-old Kurd placed under travel ban, judicial supervision despite suffering racist attack
A court in İstanbul has imposed judicial supervision measures and a travel ban on a 13-year-old Kurdish teenager in a case concerning an alleged...
Woman dies after months in coma following domestic violence
Buse Ateş Suna, who was allegedly beaten by her husband, died after remaining in a coma for two months, the Yeni Yaşam news website...
Europe saw 82 percent increase in asylum applications from Turkish citizens in 2023: EUAA
The number of Turkish citizens seeking asylum in the EU countries, Switzerland and Norway increased by 82 percent in 2023 over the previous year,...
Former air force cadet serving life sentence imposed in 2016 coup case calls for...
Şüheda Sena Öğütalan, one of three female former air force cadets serving life sentences handed down in a trial concerning a 2016 coup attempt...
Representatives of diplomatic missions visit İHD to show solidarity with Turkey’s human rights defenders
The European Union Delegation to Turkey and representatives from 11 diplomatic missions in Ankara on Tuesday visited Özturk Türkdoğan, head of the Human Rights...
Turkish prosecutor asks to pass Khashoggi case to S.Arabia: report
A Turkish prosecutor on Thursday asked an İstanbul court to dismiss a case into the gruesome murder of Riyadh critic Jamal Khashoggi and transfer...
Gov’t-appointed Boğaziçi University rector suspends 16 academics for involvement in protests
Boğaziçi University rector Naci İnci, who was appointed by Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, has suspended 16 academics over their participation in protests against...
Leaked documents expose Sweden’s secretive attempts to deny or delay asylum, residency for Erdoğan...
Leaked documents accessed by Dagens ETC journalists have revealed that Sweden secretly altered its immigration procedures to deny or delay asylum or residency to...
HRW urges Turkey to investigate airstrikes that killed or injured civilians in Syria
Human Rights Watch (HRW) said on Friday Turkey should investigate the harm done to civilians in its Oct. 5-10 aerial campaign against Kurdish militants in Syria,...
Turkey marks Human Rights Day amid widespread rights violations
Turkey is celebrating Human Rights Day this year in an environment in which thousands of people have died as a result of human rights...
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Turkey’s Post-Coup Crackdown, 10 Years On: A Decade’s Legacy
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This report examines how the sweeping measures introduced in Turkey following the coup attempt of July 15, 2016 evolved over the next decade...
UN Findings on Turkey’s Crackdown on the Gülen Movement: Widespread and Systematic Rights Violations...
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This report analyzes UN findings on Turkey’s post-2016 counterterrorism measures targeting people with alleged links to the faith-based Gülen movement.
Drawing on opinions of...
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...