Turkey’s state-run TRT parts ways with Euronews
The Turkish Radio and Television Corporation (TRT) has ended its partnership with European news channel Euronews, which broadcasts in 10 languages including Turkish, according...
Prosecutors find no grounds to investigate mistreatment allegations of Kurdish woman
Prosecutors in Turkey’s southeastern Diyarbakir province have found no legal grounds to initiate an investigation into claims made by a 64-year-old woman of severe...
Turks in Germany predict creative exodus after Erdoğan’s re-election
Turkish artist Buğra Erol, 36, has worked between Berlin and İstanbul over the last few years, but his country’s decision to re-elect Recep Tayyip...
Autistic child injures self to express grief over detention of Turkish father in Malaysia
The ten-year-old autistic son of İhsan Arslan, a Turkish businessman who was detained in Malaysia last week, has been physically harming himself to express...
Refugees in Turkey are pushed into ghettoization in absence of integration policies
The majority of Turkish society is resisting accommodating refugees, and migration policies are ineffective in integration, which is pushing refugees into ghettoization and causing...
Turkey’s top court annuls article enabling internet censorship
Turkey’s Constitutional Court on Wednesday annulled a controversial article of law that authorized the government to remove or restrict access to online content on...
Boğaziçi University bans screening of movie on families with LGBT children
The administration of the İstanbul-based Boğaziçi University has banned the screening of a movie about the families of LGBT children on the university campus,...
Insiders speculate Netflix could leave Turkey over increasing gov’t censorship: report
After Netflix was forced to end a Turkish drama series because it had a gay leading character, industry insiders are speculating the world-dominating streaming...
Education minister says evolution is out, concept of jihad is in new curriculum in...
Turkish Education Minister İsmet Yılmaz has said a new national school curriculum will exclude evolution theory but will include the concept of jihad, or...
European judges association, Belgian law firm, NGO take Turkey’s alleged crimes against humanity to...
A law firm and two nongovernmental organizations advocating human rights and the rule of law have sent a communication to the International Criminal Court...
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...