Former Bursa governor sentenced to 6 years, 3 months over Gülen links
Şahabettin Harput, a former Turkish governor of the western province of Bursa, was sentenced to six years, three months in prison over alleged links...
Rights groups urge Turkey to release seriously ill inmate
Human rights groups in Turkey have called for the immediate release of Fatma Tokmak, a seriously ill inmate at Istanbul’s Bakırköy Women’s Prison, accusing...
Erdoğan forcing TMSF to sell hundreds of companies seized over alleged Gülen links: report
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has been pressuring Turkey’s Savings Deposit Insurance Fund (TMSF) into selling some 700 companies seized by the Justice and...
CoE rapporteurs voice concern over Turkey’s local democracy after Kurdish mayor’s removal
David Eray and Bryony Rudkin, co-rapporteurs of the Congress of Local and Regional Authorities of the Council of Europe (CoE), have expressed concern over...
Turkish gov’t removes Kurdish novelist & poet Uzun’s name from Diyarbakır’s park
Turkish government has reportedly removed the name of a famous Kurdish-Swedish novelist and poet Mehmed Uzun from a public park in Diyarbakır province in...
EU official urges Greece to investigate asylum-seeker pushbacks: report
EU Home Affairs Commissioner Ylva Johansson during a visit to Greece called on the country to “do more” to investigate allegations that its coastguard...
Imprisoned Kurdish singer requests release due to multiple health problems
Imprisoned Kurdish singer Nudem Durak has called on Turkish authorities to release her from prison, saying she suffers from multiple illnesses and wants to...
Turkish court says Pastor Brunson aided several terrorist organizations
A Turkish court that handed down a prison sentence of three years, one-and-a-half months to an American pastor Andrew Brunson has said in its...
Erdoğan supporters bullish in his German stronghold
“I voted for Erdoğan because he deserves to be re-elected,” says Esra Köse, 45, who like the majority of Turkish voters in Germany backs...
Turkish pianist says gov’t funding for concert in Japan cancelled over retweets
Turkish government has cancelled state-funding for an upcoming concert in Japan by the acclaimed pianist Selen Gülün over some of her postings on social...
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...