Women and the poor most affected by human rights violations in Turkey: survey
A recent survey conducted by the Konda polling company for Turkey’s Human Rights Association (İHD) revealed that Turks believe women and low-income individuals are...
Most people in Turkey censor themselves in phone calls and online, fearing surveillance and...
More than half of people in Turkey say they have faced legal action for expressing their views, according to a recent survey that points...
Former AKP deputy Şükrü Önder detained over alleged ByLock use
Former Justice and Development Party (AKP) Yalova deputy Şükrü Önder has been detained for his use of a smart phone application known as ByLock,...
Inmate dies of COVID-19 after denied treatment for days
Hüseyin Özen, who had previously been self-medicating for a cold, died of COVID-19 on November 14 after spending 15 days in intensive care, Bold...
Officer accused of mistreating detainee by Turkey’s top court is appointed chief of police
Kenan Şaban Süzgün, a police officer found by Turkey's Constitutional Court to have mistreated Aydın Aydoğan during his detention in 2017, has been appointed...
Turkish authorities detain 16 people for assisting families of inmates jailed on Gülen movement...
Turkish authorities detained 16 people Tuesday night in İzmir province for allegedly providing financial assistance to families of inmates jailed on alleged links to...
EU criticizes ‘dress code’ requirement for Turkey’s coup, terror suspects
The European Union (EU) has criticized a recent emergency rule decree issued by the Turkish government requiring that inmates charged with crimes against the...
Top court finds rights violations in advertising bans imposed on opposition newspapers
Turkey’s Constitutional Court has ruled that advertising bans imposed on BirGün, Sözcü, Cumhuriyet and Evrensel, all newspapers critical of the Justice and Development Party...
CPJ calls on Turkish gov’t to investigate mob assault on journalist Gültekin
The Committee to Protect Journalists has called on the Turkish government to investigate a mob assault on Turkish journalist Levent Gültekin, a columnist for...
Turkey jails journalist Mehmet Sıddık Damar due to his social media posts
Pro-Kurdish Dihaber news agency reporter Mehmet Sıddık Damar was put in pretrial detention over his social media posts on Friday.
According to media, Damar visited a courthouse in...
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...