Erdoğan targets LGBT, describes its influence as ‘tyranny’
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan renewed his verbal attacks on the LGBT community on Tuesday, labeling its influence as a form of "tyranny that...
Mayor from pro-Kurdish DEM Party faces investigation for ‘insulting’ the president
Turkish authorities have launched an investigation into Mümin Erol, co-mayor of the Tatvan district from the pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Equality and Democracy Party (DEM Party),...
Turkey detains 139 people over alleged Gülen links in a week
Turkish authorities have over the past week ordered the detention of 133 people due to alleged links to the faith-based Gülen movement, according to...
Ministry denies request to probe bar association over criticism of Turkey’s military ops
Turkey’s Justice Ministry has denied a request from prosecutors to launch an investigation into bar association executives in the predominantly Kurdish province of Diyarbakır...
Court bans access to report on loans from state lender to crime boss’s front...
An İstanbul court has summarily banned access to a report describing how a Turkish state lender allegedly gave 550 million lira ($17 million) in...
Main opposition leader ignores protest of mother whose son was arrested post-coup
Özgür Özel, the leader of Turkey’s main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP), ignored Sevinç Çakır, who was protesting in front of the Justice Ministry...
More than a third of inmates in Europe are in Turkish prisons, CoE data...
Turkey is by far the leader in the number of prisoners in Europe, according to the 2023 Council of Europe (CoE) Annual Penal Statistics...
Protestant churches in Turkey highlight rising rights violations
The Association of Protestant Churches in Turkey has released its "2023 Rights Violations Monitoring Report," highlighting increasing challenges and rights violations faced by the...
International jurist groups call for justice in murder case of Kurdish human rights lawyer
A total of 33 NGOs from across the world have released a joint statement concerning the trial concerning the murder of prominent human rights...
Governor’s office requests statement from anti-refugee mayor over alleged discrimination
The governor’s office of the western Turkish province of Afyonkarahisar has requested a written statement from the Afyonkarahisar mayor, known for her anti-refugee views, over...
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Turkey's record on torture and ill-treatment continued to deteriorate in 2025, despite its commitments under international human rights conventions.
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Turkey's campaign of transnational repression against critics abroad continued throughout 2025. Since a coup attempt in July 2016, President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s long arm...
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This report highlights the most important developments in the area of human rights in Turkey during the year 2024.
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