74 percent of Turks believe Turkish democracy is in a bad state: report
Seventy-four percent of Turks believe the state of democracy in their country is somewhat bad or in danger, Turkish Minute reported, citing the findings...
Mother of former sergeant imprisoned on coup charges dies of heart attack
Necla Çelik (49), the mother of former sergeant Mustafa Çelik, who has been imprisoned in Silivri Prison for six years for allegedly aiding and...
A thousand days after her disappearance, family of Gülistan Doku says authorities no longer...
The family of Gülistan Doku, a young Kurdish woman who went missing on January 5, 2020, said Turkish authorities were no longer searching for...
Gov’t major obstacle to exercise of artistic freedom in Turkey: report
Justice and Development Party (AKP) government authorities continued to be a major obstacle to the exercise of artistic freedoms in Turkey in 2020, responsible...
Purged police officer dies in workplace accident at quarry in NE Turkey
Kani Enön, a former police officer who was fired by an emergency decree as part of Turkey’s post-coup purge of state institutions, died last...
Political prisoners in İzmir’s Şakran Prison write joint letter complaining of increasing pressure and...
Inmates in Izmir’s Şakran Prison in a joint letter directed to the public said there was increasing pressure and mistreatment of political prisoners in...
Council of Europe urges Turkey’s top court to quickly conclude examination of Demirtaş’s detention
The Council of Europe Committee of Ministers’ Deputies has called on Turkey’s Constitutional Court to expeditiously examine an application from Kurdish politician Selahattin Demirtaş...
Turkish first lady files complaint against BirGün daily editor for insult
Turkey’s first lady, Emine Erdoğan, filed a criminal complaint against Gökay Başcan, editor of the BirGün daily, for publishing a story covering a ban...
Turkey’s top court received 430K petitions claiming rights violations in last 10 years
Turkey’s Constitutional Court received 428,554 individual applications between 2012 and June 30 of this year, with some 70 percent of them concerning violations of...
Asylum applications from Turkish citizens in EU saw 31 pct rise in June: Eurostat
There was a 31 percent increase over the previous month in the number of asylum applications filed by Turkish citizens in EU countries in...
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...