CoE warns Turkish gov’t of flood of appeals to ECtHR over state of emergency...
The spokesperson of Council of Europe (CoE) Secretary General Thorbjorn Jagland has warned that Turkish government risks further appeals to the European Court of...
Turkish gov’t issues detention warrants for 93 more educators over alleged Gülen links
The Turkish government issued detention warrants on Thursday for 93 educators as part of an investigation into the faith-based Gülen movement, the state-run Anadolu...
Turkish court sends journalist Karataş to jail over pro-Kurdish forum gathering
A columnist of Evrensel daily newspaper, Yusuf Karataş was put in pre-trial arrest as part of an investigation into the Democratic People’s Congress (DTK), the largest...
HDP’s Sarıyıldız: Silence of UN in face of Turkish gov’t’s crime against humanity not...
Faisal Sarıyıldız, an exiled deputy from Turkey's pr0-Kurdish Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP), stated in a speech at the United Nations Human Rights Council’s 37th...
Turkey’s top court found rights violations in more than 2,500 applications in first 9...
Turkey’s Constitutional Court found at least one violation of human rights in each of 2,529 applications in the first nine months of this year,...
Canada grants asylum to Turkish nationals under UN protection in Mongolia
Eight Turkish citizens whose passports were revoked by the Turkish government and whose legal residence in Mongolia ceased at the end of July traveled...
Turkish gov’t detains 532 people in one week over alleged Gülen links
A total of 532 people have been detained in the past week due to alleged links to the faith-based Gülen movement, the Turkish Interior...
UN human rights chief calls for freeing of political prisoners amid coronavirus pandemic
While the Turkish government has excluded political prisoners from a recently proposed amnesty bill, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet called on...
Turkish Embassy spied on Erdoğan critics in Angola
The Turkish Embassy in Luanda, the capital of Angola, which is situated on the west coast of southern Africa, has engaged in a large-scale...
Turkish gov’t detains 643 people in one week over alleged links to Gülen movement
The Turkish Interior Ministry announced on Monday that 643 people have been detained in one week due to alleged links to the Gülen movement,...
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Turkey's political opposition faced intensifying pressure in 2025, with the judiciary emerging as the primary instrument for targeting dissenting voices. The most far-reaching measures...
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Turkey's record on torture and ill-treatment continued to deteriorate in 2025, despite its commitments under international human rights conventions.
Throughout the year human rights organizations...
Turkey’s Transnational Repression: 2025 in Review
Turkey's campaign of transnational repression against critics abroad continued throughout 2025. Since a coup attempt in July 2016, President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s long arm...
Turkey’s Crackdown on the Gülen Movement: 2025 in Review
During the year Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan continued to relentlessly pursue anyone with alleged links with the faith-based Gülen movement, which he described...
Women’s rights in Turkey: 2025 in Review
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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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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...