Turkish Constitutional Court finds sentence justified in case of Gezi Park protestor killed by...
The Turkish Constitutional Court rejected an appeal from the family of Abdullah Cömert, 22, who was killed in southern Hatay province after being hit...
Turkey stops publishing data on prison figures amid mass crackdown
Following 207 percent increase in the number of detainees without a conviction, Turkish government has stopped publishing data on the number of detainees and...
Journalist sues judge for damages over belated release from prison
Prominent Turkish journalist and professor of economics Mehmet Altan has filed a lawsuit for damages against one of the judges who failed to provide...
Ex-diplomats subjected to severe torture, says deputy
Some 20 former employees of the Turkish Foreign Ministry who were among 100 detained last week as part of an investigation into alleged cheating...
Human rights bodies: 5,268 people tortured under Turkey’s state of emergency
A total of 5,268 people, including 133 children, were reportedly subjected to torture in Turkish prisons, under police custody, outside of detention facilities, during...
Domestic violence claims lives of 79 women in first 5 months of Year of...
Seventy-nine women have been killed in incidents of domestic violence across Turkey in the first five months of this year, according to data from the We...
Turkish gov’t detains 63 people over alleged match-making among followers of Gülen movement
The Turkish government detained 63 people in 36 provinces across Turkey on Saturday over suspected match-making activities among alleged followers of the Gülen movement...
Kılıçdaroğlu slams racist attack on football team from Kurdish city
Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu, the leader of Turkey’s main opposition party, has harshly criticized physical and verbal attacks on the players and fans of a football...
Turkey’s 768 senior public servants, families claimed asylum in Germany
Germany’s immigration office has received asylum applications from 260 Turkish diplomatic passport holders and 508 “service passport” holders since the failed coup attempt on...
Man allegedly abducted by Turkish intel in İstanbul recounts details of torture
Gökhan Güneş, who returned home nearly a week after he was allegedly abducted by Turkish intelligence officers in broad daylight in İstanbul, has said...
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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...