Amnesty condemns heavy charges against rights activists arrested in Turkey
Amnesty International on Sunday issued a statement condemning an indictment seeking jail terms of up to 15 years on terror charges filed against 11...
Jailed Turkish lawyer awarded 2017 Vaclav Havel Human Rights Prize
The Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) has announced on Monday that jailed lawyer Murat Arslan, president of the now dissolved Association...
Turkish gov’t detains 809 people in one week over alleged links to Gülen movement
The Turkish Interior Ministry announced on Monday that 809 people have been detained in one week due to alleged links to the Gülen movement. The...
Number of complaints to OHAL Commissions over post-coup abuses at 101,304
The number of complaints filed over post-coup rights abuses to State of Emergency (OHAL) commissions has hit 101,304.
More than 146,500 people have lost their...
Turkish gov’t hosts group of Pakistani journalists amid Kaçmaz scandal
As questions persist about the abduction of former Pak-Turk school director in Pakistan Mesut Kaçmaz and his family in Lahore last month, Turkey is...
Jailed HR defender Kurşun: I believe in universal human rights with all my heart
Jailed Turkish human rights defender Günal Kurşun has said "I am a person with a secular outlook on life. I believe in universal human...
Report: Flynn’s Turkish client to quit after inclusion in Mueller probe
Chairman of the Turkey-US Business Council (TAİK) Ekim Alptekin has reportedly decided to resign from his post after Special Counsel Robert Mueller included the...
Turkish military vehicles reportedly enter Syria’s Idlib
Following the deployment of military units on the Syrian border on Saturday, Turkish military vehicles crossed the border with Syria into Idlib on Sunday,...
US and Turkey mutually suspend all non-immigrant visa services
The US mission to Turkey said on Sunday it had suspended all non-immigrant visa services at all US diplomatic facilities in Turkey, on the...
Turkey launches probe into dismissed protestor’s 70-year-old mother
The Ankara Chief Prosecutor’s Office has launched an investigation into 7 people, including Kezban Şaçılık, the mother Veli Saçılık who is activist and a sociologist...
Latest Reports
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...
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...
Hate speech and hate crimes against Syrian refugees in Turkey
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This report focuses on the inflammatory rhetoric and illegal acts motivated by prejudice faced by refugees who fled the civil war in Syria...