Turkish police detain 15 people, including journalists and lawyers in İstanbul
Turkish police raided offices of Socialist Party of the Oppressed (ESP), Federation of Socialist Youth Associations (SGDF), Law Office of the Oppressed (EHB) and...
PACE president vows no silence on Turkey’s human rights violations
The president of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) has acknowledged that progress has not been made in addressing human rights...
Expelled rights advocate MP Gergerlioğlu was handcuffed in intensive care following an angiogram
Ömer Faruk Gergerlioğlu, a human rights advocate and former deputy for the pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP), was handcuffed in the intensive care unit...
Journalist Deniz Yücel says has no address to be extradited, wants a fair trial
Jailed journalist Deniz Yücel, who works for the German Die Welt newspaper and has been kept in pre-trial detention in Turkey since Feb. 27,...
Turkish government revokes passport of former HDP deputy Tüzel
The Turkish government has revoked the passport of Levent Tüzel, a former pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) deputy and Central Executive Board member of...
103 journalists tried, 10 arrested in Turkey in second quarter of 2025
Turkish authorities arrested 10 journalists and launched new prosecutions against dozens more in the second quarter of 2025, according to a new report by...
Int’l organizations warn case against İstanbul lawyers’ bar is ‘direct assault’ on legal profession
Twelve international legal and human rights organizations have submitted a joint legal opinion known as an amicus brief to an İstanbul court, warning that...
Int’l judges associations urge Turkey to free post-coup prisoners, restore judicial independence
Four international judges associations have called on Turkey to release people imprisoned in violation of fundamental rights during the crackdown that followed a 2016...
Former pro-Kurdish politician Ata released after 6 months in jail
A high criminal court in the southeastern province of Diyarbakır on Thursday decided to release former pro-Kurdish Peace and Democracy Party (BDP) deputy Ayla...
Turkish gov’t detains 119 people over links to Gülen movement in past week
The Turkish government has detained a total of 119 people over the past week (June 11-June 18) as part of its massive post-coup witch...
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Turkey’s Post-Coup Crackdown, 10 Years On: A Decade’s Legacy
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This report examines how the sweeping measures introduced in Turkey following the coup attempt of July 15, 2016 evolved over the next decade...
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...