Chronically ill rights advocate sent back to prison after hospital treatment
Hatice Onaran, a disabled human rights defender undergoing cancer treatment, was sent back to prison twice after being hospitalized on two consecutive days, despite...
Rights defender reveals memo barring Turkey’s purge victims from public buildings
Opposition MP and leading human rights advocate Ömer Faruk Gergerlioğlu has won his legal battle to obtain a 2016 classified memo in which a...
Wife of jailed former officer says husband can barely see or move, requests his...
The wife of a former staff colonel who was convicted on coup charges said her husband's heath had deteriorated to the point where he...
Report reveals inmates in Turkish prisons not protected against coronavirus
A report drafted by the Jurists for Freedom Association (ÖHD) has revealed that inmates in Turkey’s overcrowded prisons are at high risk of contracting...
İstanbul Bar president, board members acquitted in terrorism propaganda case
A Turkish court has acquitted the president of the İstanbul Bar Association and 10 executive board members of terrorism-related charges, finding that the case...
144 workers died in occupational accidents in Turkey in February: report
A total of 144 people died in workplace accidents in Turkey in February, the Artı Gerçek news website reported, citing a monthly report by the...
Turkey’s move to allow destruction of olive groves for mining operations sparks public outrage
A regulation that entered into force on Tuesday making it possible to cut down olive groves when necessary for mining operations has led to...
Ministry says more than 5,000 TSK members under investigation over Gülen links
The Turkish Defense Ministry has announced that there are ongoing investigations into 5,034 members and staff of the Turkish Armed Forces (TSK) over their...
Prominent scholar says Turkey–PKK peace talks likely to fail amid disputes over rights and...
A well-known scholar of Kurdish politics has warned that Turkey’s latest attempt to revive peace talks with the outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) is...
Freedom House’s Schenkkan: Turkish government’s abductions in Kosovo shocking offense against int’l HR standards
The Turkish government's abduction of six Turkish nationals from Kosovo is “a shocking offense against both international human rights standards and bilateral norms,” wrote...
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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...