148 people including 5 inmates died, 281 maltreated or tortured in Turkey in March:...
Cases of human rights violations in Turkey in March included 148 deaths and 281 incidents of torture or maltreatment, with 51 of them taking...
HDP lawmaker submits parliamentary question regarding underage inmates confined with adults in Maltepe Prison
Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) deputy Gülistan Kılıç Koçyiğit in a parliamentary question addressing the Turkish Ministry of Justice asked if it was true that...
82-year-old inmate left to die in Turkish prison, daughter claims
Sıddık Güler, 82, who suffers from high blood pressure and rheumatism and is unable to walk, has been left to die in Turkish prison,...
Turkey sees banning of more Kurdish-language events across country
Local administrations have canceled four events, three concerts and a theatre play that were to be performed in Kurdish in three provinces across Turkey...
Greek minister says steel fence on Turkey border to undergo major extension
A steel fence between Turkey and Greece is to be extended from around 40 kilometers to 120 kilometers to prevent irregular migration from Turkey,...
21 journalists detained in southeastern Turkey’s Diyarbakır province
Turkish authorities on Wednesday detained 21 journalists in southeastern Turkey's Diyarbakır province, Turkish media reported.
The detained journalists worked for pro-Kurdish news outlets JinNews and...
800 Syrians in Turkey return home weekly to undesirable conditions, says UNCHR Turkey representative
Philippe Leclerc, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNCHR) representative in Turkey, said approximately 800 Syrians leave Turkey for Syria every week but...
1,169 neighborhoods now closed off to migrant settlement, says Turkish Interior Ministry
The Turkish Ministry of Interior in a written statement said as of July 1, the number of neighborhoods closed off to migrants would be...
Top court ruling preventing arbitrary passport bans goes into effect
Turkey’s Interior Ministry will no longer impose arbitrary restrictions on Turkish passports in line with a ruling from the Constitutional Court that has recently...
Lawyer for arrested Furkan Foundation leader says client under psychological pressure in prison
The lawyer for Alparslan Kuytul, the arrested leader of the anti-government Furkan Foundation, said in a social media post that Kuytul was put under...
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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...
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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...
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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...