83-year-old arrestee shares same prison cell with grandchild
83-year-old Hacı İsa Sezek is being kept in the same prison cell with his 29-year-old grandchild as Turkey exploits ambiguous terror laws to imprison...
İHD Co-Chair Keskin: UN’s WHO should investigate Turkish prisons
The Human Rights Association (IHD) Co-chair Eren Keskin has called the UN’s World Health Organization (WHO) to investigate Turkish prisons to assess the situation...
Freedom House: Turkey posts second worst decline in freedoms in a decade
Turkey has shared the second most dramatic decline in freedoms in the last decade with African nation Gambia, according to new ranking by Freedom...
The assets of the Kurdish Institute of Istanbul seized
Assets of the Kurdish Institute of Istanbul, which was closed down in December 2016, have been seized by Turkish government through the Saving Deposits...
DİTİB claims hate speech among members against Jews, Christians not known by administration
The German-based Turkish-Islamic Union for Religious Affairs (DİTİB) has claimed that its central administration was not aware of anti-Semitic and anti-Christian messages posted by...
UN orders Turkey to release judge arrested over alleged Gülen links
A United Nations legal panel has ordered Turkey to release a judge who is among thousands of people arrested over their alleged links to...
HDP spokesperson Bilgen arrested on terror charges
Pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) deputy and party spokesperson Ayhan Bilgen was arrested on terror charges on Tuesday, one day after his detention on...
PURGE IN PAST 10 DAYS: 1,325 detained, 652 arrested in post-coup operations
A huge cleansing of Turkey’s state and other institutions is continuing as people from all walks of life find themselves being hunted down and...
Main Opposition CHP’s Party Council Member Kadıgil released by court
Sera Kadıgil, a member of the Republican People’s Party’s (CHP) Party Council has been released by 6t Penal Court of Peace in İstanbul, but...
Turkey’s harassment of critics abroad reached to South Africa
The outgoing Turkish ambassador in South Africa has openly admitted that the harassment of members of Gulen movement who seek refuge in African nation...
Latest Reports
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...
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...