İHD and TİHV: 2,278 people tortured, 11 people abducted in Turkey in 2017
The Human Rights Association (İHD) and the Human Rights Foundation of Turkey (TİHV) on Saturday said 2,278 people were tortured and 11 abducted in...
Forbes on Zarrab case: Erdoğan’s family members and his cronies will possibly unable to...
Forbes, an influential American bi-weekly business magazine, has reported on Friday that if Turkey's ruling elite comes under US sanctions that will put Turkish autocratic...
Turkish asylum seekers in Greece tell of lives full of fear in Erdoğan’s Turkey
German media outlet Deutsche Welle (DW) has written that "fear and uncertainty has been spreading in Turkey for years," as it reported on Turks' reflections...
Steudtner: Detained activists in Turkey face ‘unfair’ judicial system
Turkey is failing to adhere to normal judicial practices by keeping political prisoners held without indictment and by having their trials repeatedly postponed, human rights activist...
Swedish Left Party head Sjöstedt says Turkish police threatened him to arrest
The chairman of the Swedish Left Party and parliamentarian Jonas Sjöstedt has said Turkish police threatened him to arrest in Ankara where he attempted...
Turkish gov’t dismisses opposition mayor over graft probe
The Interior Ministry of Justice and Development Party (AKP) government, which is under the rule of autocratic President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, has announced on...
Journalists ordered to be kept in jail in Turkey’s largest press freedom case
In Turkey’s largest freedom of press case where prominent journalists and authors were tried on dubious charges, the court ruled to keep them in...
Jailed Turkish columnist Alkan: I wrote what I believe in, and I am honoured...
Prominent Turkish columnist and political scientist Ahmet Turan Alkan has said during his defence in the trial of the journalists, who used to work...
Pro-Kurdish HDP’s jailed co-chair Demirtaş: Turkish judiciary running away from me
Pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party's (HDP) jailed Co-Chair Selahattin Demirtaş has harshly criticized the judicial process in Turkey and wrote on his official Twitter account via...
Turkish gov’t tries leading businessmen over their alleged links to Gülen movement
Turkish government has continued to try leading businessmen over their alleged links to the Gülen movement on Thursday. Ankara businessman Verdal Hosta was tired...
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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.
Throughout the year human rights organizations...
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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...
Turkey’s Crackdown on the Gülen Movement: 2025 in Review
During the year Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan continued to relentlessly pursue anyone with alleged links with the faith-based Gülen movement, which he described...
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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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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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