Journalist Nur Ener behind bars in Turkey for reporting on rights violations
A young woman journalist who reported about rights violations in Turkey languishes behind prison bars for 245 days in Turkey while prosecutor who asked...
CHP: Turkish prisons turn into death chambers with 215 deaths per year
Three thousand 432 prisoners have lost their lives in Turkish prisons in last 16 years and 215 prisoners lose their lives per year according to Turkey's...
Pro-Erdoğan daily: New NATO drill in Mediterranean targets Turkey
The Star daily, a staunch supporter of Turkish autocratic President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, on Sunday said NATO has started a new military drill in...
Turkish police seize passport of Communist party leader at airport
The passport of Erkan Baş, chairman of the People’s Communist Party of Turkey (HTKP), was seized by Turkish police at an İstanbul airport on...
Report show at least 40 women killed in October 2017 across Turkey
At least 40 women were killed while 25 women have been subjected to sexual violence and 32 children were subjected to sexual abuse in...
Swiss Freethinkers bestows ‘Free Thought Award’ to jailed journalist, artist Zehra Doğan
Switzerland's Freethinkers, a nonprofit organisation for free thought, will bestow the Free Thought Award to jailed Kurdish journalist and artist Zehra Doğan, who has been kept in Diyarbakır...
Severe post-coup tortures by Ali Türkşen, a founder of Turkey’s new party, exposed
New evidences of severe torture done by Ali Türkşen, a former military officer who had been convicted in the Ergenekon case, who is also among...
Turkish court gives prison sentence to pro-Kurdish HDP deputy Beştaş over ‘insulting’ gov’t, state
Turkish court has sentenced pro-Kurdish Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) deputy Meral Danış Beştaş on Friday to 2 years and 3 months in jail for her...
RTÜK: 70 radio and TV channels gagged under the rule of emergency in Turkey
The High Commission of Radio and Television (RTÜK), Turkey’s state broadcasting watchdog, said 33 television channels and 37 radio stations belonging to 54 different media companies...
Amnesty’s Eser: Whatever we faced will remain an absurd memory
Amnesty International’s Turkey Director İdil Eser, who was released on Oct. 26 with seven other human rights defenders after spending 135 days in jail,...
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Torture, Ill-treatment and Prison Conditions in Turkey: 2025 in Review
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...
Turkey’s Transnational Repression: 2025 in Review
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...
Women’s rights in Turkey: 2025 in Review
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...
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...