Turkish authorities drop 1991 massacre of Kurdish civilians due to statute of limitations
Turkish prosecutors have dropped the case of seven Kurdish civilians who were killed by soldiers in southeast Turkey in 1991 due to the expiration...
Court releases 8 more cadets convicted on coup charges
An İstanbul court has released pending retrial eight more military cadets who had been convicted on coup charges and sentenced to life in prison...
Turkey blocked access to 4,427 X accounts, tweets in 2022: report
Access to at least 4,427 URLs consisting of X, formerly Twitter, accounts and tweets were restricted in 2022 in Turkey, Turkish Minute reported, citing...
Disabled 86-year-old hospitalized soon after being imprisoned over Gülen links
An elderly man who is almost totally disabled was hospitalized soon after being sent to prison to serve his 10-year sentence over links to...
Turkish singer detained over remarks regarding religious school graduates
Famous Turkish pop singer and songwriter Gülşen Bayraktar Çolakoğlu has been detained as part of an investigation launched due to her remarks that allegedly...
Turkish parliament rejects bill proposing mother tongue instruction in Kurdish
The Turkish parliament on Wednesday dismissed a bill proposing that education be allowed in the Kurdish language, citing conflicts with the constitutional provision of...
Exiled journalist reveals deep state-politics relations in Turkey in documentary
Can Dündar, a Turkish journalist and author living in exile, has uncovered shady relations between the deep state and politicians in Turkey based on...
Police detain 6 during demonstration against Turkey’s withdrawal from Istanbul Convention
Turkish police detained six people on Saturday who took part in a demonstration in support of the Istanbul Convention, the Council of Europe’s (CoE)...
Ailing 84-year-old not given his heart medication in prison
Nusret Muğla, 84, who was arrested in January on alleged links to the Gülen movement despite suffering from multiple health problems, has not been...
Top court orders Turkish gov’t to pay damages to Syrian refugee for deportation
Turkey’s Constitutional Court has ruled in favor of a Syrian refugee who lodged an individual application due to a deportation order issued because of...
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...