Imprisoned journalists claim to have been tortured in Turkey
Thirteen inmates including journalists Erdoğan Alayumat and Serkan Erdoğan from the Dicle news agency (Dihaber) and Özgürlükçü Demokrasi daily, respectively, both of which were...
ECtHR obliges Turkey to pay 870,957 euros over HR violations in first 7 months...
The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) verdicts have obliged Turkey to pay 870,957 euros as compensation during the first 7 months of 2017...
Swedish-Turkish journalist wanted by Turkey returns to Sweden
Swedish-Turkish journalist and writer Hamza Yalçın, arrested in Spain in August at the request of Turkey, has returned home to Sweden after Spain decided...
Father of Turkish soldier murdered by ISIL seeks official martyrdom for son
Aydın Taş, the father of Sefer Taş, one of two Turkish soldiers who were allegedly burned to death by Islamic State in Iraq and...
US ambassador: Some in Turkish gov’t want vengeance rather than justice
John Bass, the departing US ambassador to Turkey, on Friday said some in the Turkish government are motivated by “vengeance rather than justice,” voicing...
Turkish gov’t issues detention warrants for 104 people over alleged Gülen links
The İzmir Chief Prosecutor’s Office has issued detention warrants for 51 people due to their alleged links to the Gülen movement on Friday.
Police detained...
European Union in talks with Interpol on political abuse of Turkey
EU states are in talks with the International Criminal Police Organization’s (Interpol) to help stop political abuse of the police agency, Matti Maasikas, Estonia's Deputy...
5-year old Turkish boy faces risk of incapability to walk in absence of his...
Tahir Özger, a five-year old boy whose mother has been imprisoned very recently, was operated in the absence of his mother in Kayseri province,...
Turkey’s ‘First Lady’ seeks to censor negative reports about her in Internet
According to an article written by Dean Sterling Jones titled "First Lady of Lumen' published in "Shooting the Messenger" basing on the data assured by the...
Turkey’s Erdoğan gears up his anti-Semitic rhetoric as targeting KRG’s Barzani
Turkey’s autocratic President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan continued on Thursday to associate Kurdistan Regional Government's (KRG) referendum on independence from Iraq with Jews and Israel...
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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...
Women’s rights in Turkey: 2025 in Review
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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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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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