Erdoğan closes major private university in İstanbul, leaving students, academics in limbo
Turkey has closed İstanbul Bilgi University, a major private university long known for its liberal academic environment and international programs, by presidential decree, leaving...
Controversial Turkish mayor admits imposing illegal measures targeting Syrian refugees
Bolu Mayor Tanju Özcan has admitted to illegally revoking business licenses and drastically increasing water fees for Syrian refugees living in his city, sparking...
Turkish police detain 8 Kurdish artists in Van and Diyarbakır provinces
Turkish police detained eight Kurdish musicians and theater actors in Diyarbakır and Van provinces on Saturday over plays they have staged in Kurdish.
According to a...
Turkish prosecutors level new terrorism-related charges against jailed Diyarbakır mayor
Ankara prosecutors have drafted an indictment for Selçuk Mızraklı, the former mayor of the predominantly Kurdish city of Diyarbakır, for allegedly disseminating terrorist propaganda,...
Turkish court gives 9-year jail sentence to man for taking medicine to Gülen-linked hospitals...
A 60-year-old Turkish man, Abdurrahman Selçuk, has been convicted of terror charges and handed down a nine-year jail sentence by a Turkish court on...
EP President says very concerned about possible vote on reinstatement of death penalty in...
Antonio Tajani, president of the European Parliament, on Monday expressed deep concerns about Turkey’s possible plans to hold a public referendum on the reinstatement...
Turkish gov’t detains 16 colonels over alleged links to Gülen movement
The Turkish government on Wednesday detained 16 colonels on active duty at the Turkish Air Forces Command and the Turkish Naval Forces Command as...
Prison sentence, political ban imposed on CHP İstanbul chair spark outrage
A recent decision by Turkey’s Supreme Court of Appeals to uphold a political ban and prison sentence for the head of the İstanbul branch...
1 pct of Turkey’s population is in prison or on probation: study
One percent of Turkey’s population is either behind bars or on probation, according to the results of a study, Turkish Minute reported.
Switzerland’s Lausanne University...
Woman who suffered brain hemorrhage in police detention handcuffed to hospital bed
A female detainee who suffered a brain hemorrhage in detention and was unable to move was handcuffed by police to her hospital bed, the...
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...