Gun ownership soars in Turkey, raising security concerns
Gun ownership has surged in Turkey, with thousands possessing unlicensed firearms, posing a growing security threat, the BirGün daily reported.
Data from public prosecutors’ offices across...
Erdoğan using COVID-19 as pretext to ban nightlife, say musicians and actors
Musicians and actors say the ongoing ban on nightclubs, bars and music halls in Turkey, despite allowing similar entertainment venues to operate, suggests that...
Top court finds rights violation in conviction of journalist for reporting on corruption
Turkey’s Constitutional Court has ruled that a prison sentence imposed on a local journalist who was convicted of libel for reporting on corruption constituted...
70 students briefly detained for attending Pride March at Boğaziçi University
Turkish police on Friday broke up a Pride March at Boğaziçi University in İstanbul, detaining 70 of the students for participating in the event,...
Prominent Turkish human rights lawyer dies of cancer in exile
Ömer Turanlı, a 54-year-old human rights lawyer who fled persecution in Turkey and has been living in exile, died on Friday in a London...
Turkish police detain mother of end-stage cancer patient jailed over Gülen links
The mother of Ayşe Özdoğan, a critically ill woman who suffers from a rare form of cancer and was sent to prison, was detained...
UN Human Rights Council on death of Ebru Timtik : No one should have...
Special rapporteurs from the UN Human Rights Council in a statement issued on Wednesday condemned the preventable death of lawyer Ebru Timtik after a...
31 women fell victim to femicide in Turkey last month
A total of 31 women in Turkey fell victim to femicide in August, while 55 were injured in incidents of domestic violence, the Bianet...
Turkey is responsible for rights abuses, ‘potential war crimes’ in north Syria: HRW
Turkey bears responsibility for human rights abuses and violations of land and property rights in swaths of northern Syria it controls alongside its proxies,...
Elderly inmate in Turkish prison loses eyesight after being denied medical treatment
A 70-year-old inmate in Turkey’s Tokat province has gone blind in his left eye after being denied treatment for cataracts, the Mezopotamya news agency (MA) reported.
Inmate...
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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...