German FM says 54 German citizens denied entry to Turkey this year
The German Foreign Ministry has announced that 54 German citizen were denied entry to Turkish territory in the first seven months of the year,...
Turkey’s far-right leader calls healthcare workers’ protests against violence ‘illegitimate’
Turkey’s far-right leader and an ally of President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has slammed doctors and medical workers who took to the streets on Thursday...
137 press freedom violations recorded in Turkey in 2025: report
Media Freedom Rapid Response (MFRR) documented 137 press freedom violations in Turkey in 2025, the third highest among EU member states and candidate countries,...
32 detained in İstanbul as part of investigation targeting 4 opposition municipalities
Turkish police have detained 32 people, including former employees of four district municipalities in İstanbul, as part of an ongoing crackdown on the main...
Turkish TV star-turned-mayor detained in new operation targeting opposition
Turkish police on Thursday detained an award-winning television actor who became an opposition mayor in an Ankara district as part of a corruption investigation,...
RSF urges Macron to keep his promise to request Erdoğan to release jailed journalists...
As French President Emmanuel Macron prepares to receive a visit from his Turkish autocratic counterpart, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, Reporters Without Borders (RSF) stresses the...
Warehouse fire in Turkey exposes persistent workplace safety and child labor concerns
A fire at a perfume warehouse in Turkey’s Kocaeli province on Saturday has reignited outrage over chronic workplace safety failures in the country, after...
Turkish gov’t detains 22 people over alleged exam fraud
The Turkish government on Wednesday detained 22 people across Turkey for alleged involvement in police exam fraud and their suspected links to the Gülen...
Students detained in ongoing Boğaziçi protests reveal torture, threats by Turkish police: report
“We were detained around 4:30 p.m. and forced to wait in a bus until 5 a.m. The environment itself was torture. We were...
25 women across Turkey murdered in male-perpetrated violence in March
A women rights group called the "We Will Stop the Killing of Women Platform" (Kadın Cinayetlerini Durduracağız Platformu, or KCDP) released a report on...
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...