Experts warn of safety risks as contractors ordered to work round the clock in...
Occupational safety experts have criticized a recent directive by Minister of Environment, Urbanization and Climate Change Murat Kurum instructing contractors in earthquake-affected areas to work...
Activists commemorate asylum-seekers who drowned fleeing Ankara’s persecution
Activists in Vienna on Saturday commemorated Turkish asylum seekers who drowned in the Aegean Sea and the Evros River while fleeing President Recep Tayyip...
UN report details large-scale human rights abuses in Afrin under Turkish military control
The Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) in a monthly report for June details large-scale human rights abuses in areas under...
17 women’s rights activists face prison for insulting Erdoğan
A Turkish court has accepted an indictment that seeks prison sentences for 17 women’s rights activists on charges that include insulting President Recep Tayyip...
Bus carrying refugees overturns, killing 12 in eastern Turkey
Another tragedy has hit refugees in eastern Turkey as a bus carrying people from Afghanistan, Pakistan and Bangladesh overturned and caught fire on Sunday...
With husband already in jail, woman along with two children detained in post-coup witch...
Nearly seven months after former public worker B.K. was arrested, his wife and two children were also detained as part of a government witch...
Minority groups in Turkish provinces hit by quakes face discrimination
Members of minority groups living in Turkey’s southern provinces that were hit by devastating earthquakes in early February have been exposed to discrimination based...
Turkish woman arrested for ‘insulting’ Erdoğan in street interview
A Turkish woman who criticized Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan during a street interview has been arrested on charges of insulting the president and...
Turkish border forces detain 2 teachers over Gülen links while trying to flee to...
Turkish border security forces on Thursday detained two teachers, identified as Mustafa K. and Tarık T., in the border zone of Edirne province over...
Turkish court blocks access to reports on handover of Yazidi child to ISIL-linked family
A court in Turkey has ruled to block access to several news reports covering allegations that the Ministry of Family and Social Services had...
Latest Reports
Human Rights in Turkey: 2025 in Review
Download PDF
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
Download PDF
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
Download PDF
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
Download PDF
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...
Download PDF
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
Download PDF
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
Download PDF
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...
Hate speech and hate crimes against Syrian refugees in Turkey
Download PDF
This report focuses on the inflammatory rhetoric and illegal acts motivated by prejudice faced by refugees who fled the civil war in Syria...