Alevi communities in Turkey feel under increasing pressure, say leaders
Alevi leaders in Turkey say the current situation of Turkey’s Alevi population is becoming increasingly precarious as the government of President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan...
Turkey has requested removal of massive amount of online content from Google in 10...
Turkish government agencies have requested the removal of a total of 90,400 web pages and other content from Google in the last decade, Turkish...
Turkey tops the list for number of European Court of Human Rights judgments finding...
Turkey tops the list of 47 Council of Europe (CoE) member states that received the most judgments from the European Court of Human Rights...
CoE to supervise Turkey’s execution of ECtHR judgments on Kavala, Demirtaş at quarterly meeting
The Council of Europe’s (CoE) Committee of Ministers, in its quarterly meeting to take place December 5-7, will address Turkey’s compliance with European Court...
Yusuf Bilge Tunç’s father says their lives on hold 500 days after his disappearance
The father of Yusuf Bilge Tunç, who went missing more than a year ago and is feared to have been abducted by Turkish intelligence,...
Local Kurdish politician in SE Turkey killed in attack
Ahmet Gün, an executive of the pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Equality and Democracy Party (DEM), was killed Monday morning by unidentified gunmen in the southeastern province...
The Year in Review: Crackdown on the Gülen Movement
According to Human Rights Watch, the largest group targeted by Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan consists of people alleged to have links to the...
Turkey releases writer imprisoned over solidarity with Kurdish daily
Imprisoned writer, activist and journalist Celalettin Can has been released from prison in northwest Turkey where he has been incarcerated for more than three...
PKK militants executed 13 Turks in northern Iraq: Ankara
Turkey on Sunday accused outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) militants of executing 13 Turkish nationals, mainly members of the security forces, whom they had...
We Will Stop Femicide Platform reveals staggering number of femicide cases over a year
At least 315 women were killed by men in Turkey in 2023, the Cumhuriyet daily reported, citing numbers from the We Will Stop Femicide Platform...
Latest Reports
UN Findings on Turkey’s Crackdown on the Gülen Movement: Widespread and Systematic Rights Violations...
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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...
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...