Lawyer exposes alarming conditions in Istanbul’s notorious Silivri Prison
A lawyer has exposed alarming conditions inside Istanbul’s Silivri Prison, known for housing a large number of political prisoners, where inmates have been suffering a severe bedbug...
Turkey acquits police officer who impregnated a migrant woman in custody
An Ankara court has acquitted a police officer accused of sexually assaulting a woman who was held at a migrant detention center, the T24...
Turkey detains 55 over Gülen links: minister
Turkish police have detained 55 people across 21 provinces in the last four days over their alleged links to the faith-based Gülen movement, Interior...
18 rights, media organizations condemn Turkish journalist’s arrest over report on corruption
Human Rights Watch (HRW) and the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) have joined 16 other media and human rights organizations in condemning the arrest of a...
PACE urges Turkish Parliament not to adopt new restrictions on NGOs
Three Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) rapporteurs issued a statement on Monday saying they were deeply concerned about possible new restrictions...
Turkish authorities detain young woman known for campaigning for ailing father’s release from prison
Turkish authorities on Wednesday detained Sueda Güngör, the daughter of 72-year-old İbrahim Güngör, who remains imprisoned despite suffering from advanced Alzheimer’s disease, journalist Adem Yavuz...
Court arrests 6 students for handing out invitations to Suruç massacre commemoration
A Turkish court has arrested six university students for handing out invitations to a ceremony commemorating the victims of an Islamic State in Iraq and...
Another purged public servant feared abducted by Turkish intelligence
Hüseyin Galip Küçüközyiğit, a former civil servant who was dismissed from his job by a government decree, has been missing since December 29, his...
319,587 people detained, 99,962 arrested in terrorism operations against the Gülen movement
A total of 319,587 people were detained and 99,962 arrested in operations against supporters of the Gülen movement since a coup attempt on July...
Top court refuses to annul Turkey’s Istanbul Convention withdrawal
The highest body of Turkey’s top administrative court, the Council of State, has ruled that a decision by its 10th Chamber to reject a...
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...