72 face detention over alleged Gülen links in separate investigations
Turkish prosecutors have issued detention warrants for 72 people including active duty and former military officers as well as former military cadets due to...
2 lower courts defy Turkey’s Constitutional Court amid calls for restructuring
Two lower courts have openly defied rulings of the Turkish Constitutional Court amid calls by Turkey's president, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, and his key ally...
Students participating in Istanbul protests at risk of eviction from state-managed dorms
University students involved in nationwide protests against the detention and subsequent arrest of Istanbul Mayor Ekrem İmamoğlu are at risk of eviction from dormitories...
Video recording shows inmate being mistreated and stripped naked in Turkish prison
A video recording of an inmate being mistreated and stripped naked in a maximum-security prison in western Turkey was revealed during court proceedings in...
1-month-old baby had to sleep on floor in overcrowded cell, former inmate’s account reveals
A former female inmate whose name was not disclosed for security reasons said prison conditions were exceptionally trying for women as they were either...
Turkish court hands down suspended sentence to sexual harassment perpetrator
A Turkish man who was convicted of sexually harassing a young woman on a public bus in central Turkey’s Kayseri province received a reduced...
HDP lawmaker asks parliament’s Human Rights Committee to investigate alleged rights violations in Turkish...
Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) deputy Meral Danış Beştaş has requested that the Turkish Parliament's Human Rights Committee investigate alleged rights violations in four different...
New research shows Turkey’s purge destroyed lives of 21,000 health care workers
More than 21,000 health care professionals including doctors, nurses, medical professors, technicians and hospital staff have thus far been dismissed from public and private...
Opposition party to pay damages for likening Erdoğan’s son-in-law to a thief, court says
A Turkish appeals court has announced its reasoned decision concerning its upholding last week of a local court’s ruling ordering the main opposition party...
European court rules Turkey violated top judge’s rights
The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) on Tuesday ruled that Turkey had violated the right to liberty and security as well as the...
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The state of women’s rights in Turkey showed no meaningful improvement in 2025, as longstanding problems persisted and new challenges emerged. Femicides, institutional failures...
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Dehumanizing a Legacy: How Fethullah Gülen’s Death Triggered a Campaign of Hate Speech in...
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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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Hate speech and hate crimes against Syrian refugees in Turkey
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