Turkey’s Crackdown on the Gülen Movement: 2023 in Review
The Gülen movement is a worldwide civic initiative rooted in the spiritual and humanistic tradition of Islam and inspired by the ideas of Fethullah...
Turkey arrests Kurdish journalist on terrorism charges
A court in southeastern Turkey has ruled for the arrest of journalist Selamet Turan, who was detained last week, the Mezopotamya news agency reported...
Sister of journalist found dead in SE Turkey
Rojvelat Kızmaz, the sister of journalist Mehmet Kızmaz who was reported missing on Friday, has been found dead in a dam in southeast Turkey,...
Electric shocks, mock execution: Woman detained over Gülen links recounts torture by police
A woman detained for managing a dormitory affiliated with the Gülen movement described in an interview with the Kronos news website the torture she...
Support pours in for doctor facing smear campaign over previous activism against torture
The portrayal of a doctor in a documentary about an organization run by a preacher convicted of sexual exploitation as a supporter of the...
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...
Thousands of people fell victim to gun violence in Turkey last year
Thousands of people in Turkey fell victim to gun violence in 2023, the T24 news website reported, citing a report by the Umut (Hope)...
Donations collected for earthquake victims found abandoned in municipal storage room
Donations collected by Istanbul’s Üsküdar Municipality to be sent to Turkey’s earthquake zones have been sitting in a makeshift storage room for the past...
Turkey detains 2 journalists in morning raids
Turkish police detained journalists Kibriye Evren and Selamet Turan during Friday morning raids on their houses, Turkish media reported.
Evren was detained at her İstanbul...
Man faces imprisonment despite severe paralysis
Yılmaz Anar, who was paralyzed in a fall from a height two years ago, faces imprisonment due to a conviction despite having a medical...
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...