Turkey bans access to social storytelling platform Wattpad
Turkey has become the first country to impose a ban on access to Wattpad, a popular digital publishing platform with over 90 million monthly...
Turkey’s chief justice says top court’s workload is as heavy as that of ECtHR
Chief Justice Zühtü Arslan has complained about the growing workload of Turkey’s Constitutional Court, saying the court has as many applications as as the...
920 detained in one week in Turkish gov’t’s witch hunt targeting Gülen movement
The Turkish Interior Ministry announced on Monday that a total of 920 people were detained in the past week as part of an ongoing...
Women’s Rights in Turkey: 2021 in Review
The year 2021 witnessed an increase in rights violations against women in Turkey, with rising numbers of femicide cases and the March 10 withdrawal...
5 judiciary members expelled over ByLock use reinstated to posts by HSYK
Five judiciary members, who were expelled from their posts due to their use of a smart phone application known as ByLock by the Supreme...
Top court: Turkey jails 2,431 judges, prosecutors, dismisses 4,424 since coup
The Turkish government has arrested a total of 2,431 judges and prosecutors and dismissed 4,424 others since a controversial military coup attempt on July...
Turkish judge at ECtHR defends government’s false arguments during proceedings: report
The Grand Chamber of the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) convened on Wednesday to hear the case of Turkish teacher Yüksel Yalçınkaya, who...
Turkish government continued its assault on human rights during pandemic: Human Rights Watch
Human rights violations continued in Turkey in 2020 during the COVID-19 pandemic, and the government consolidated its authoritarian rule by passing rushed legislation that...
Phone app used by minister slammed for unlawful personal data acquisition
An application on Turkish Interior Minister Süleyman Soylu’s smartphone that can determine a person’s identity in just a few seconds after his photo is...
Turkey named among world’s 10 worst countries for labor rights: report
Turkey was named one of the world's 10 worst countries among 149 in total for labor rights, in a report published last week by...
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...