5 journalists who reported on villagers tortured and thrown from helicopter acquitted
A Turkish court has ruled to acquit five journalists who were indicted on charges of membership in a terrorist organization for reporting on an...
Turkish court remands businessman Kavala, releases activist Aksakoğlu pending trial
Turkish businessman Osman Kavala was remanded in custody on Tuesday, accused of trying to overthrow the government by organizing protests six years ago.
The court...
Youth exodus grows in Turkey as soaring costs, bleak job prospects push many to...
Turkey is experiencing a rising wave of youth emigration as students say they can no longer see a future in a country, where the...
Quarterly NGO report alleges 1,596 rights violations in northwestern Turkey prisons
The Human Rights Association (İHD) has released a report on alleged rights violations in prisons located in the Marmara region in northwest Turkey, which...
Prison guard allegedly threatens former HDP deputy Leyla Güven in Elazığ prison
The daughter of former Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) deputy Leyla Güven has claimed her mother was threatened with physical violence by a prison guard...
Turkey bans access to 136 websites, URLs
A Turkish court has banned access to 136 websites and URLs, including a Twitter account, news websites and blogs, at the request of the...
EU rapporteur calls Turkey’s rule of law ‘a disaster’ in Ankara visit
Nacho Sánchez Amor, the European Parliament rapporteur on Turkey, said the rule of law in Turkey is “a complete disaster,” at a press conference...
Doctor classifies work-related death of quarry worker as ‘heart attack’
A doctor of forensic medicine reported the work-related death of İsmail Taran, a 49-year-old quarry worker, as death from a heart attack, Veryansın TV...
NGOs urge UN to take urgent action for ailing pro-Kurdish-party politician in prison
Several nongovernmental organizations have urged the United Nations to take “urgent” action for the release of jailed Kurdish politician Aysel Tuğluk, who suffers from...
Ümit Horzum released by Turkish court 145 days after his abduction in Ankara
Turkish citizen Ümit Horzum, who was kidnapped in Turkey’s capital of Ankara on December 6, 2017 over his alleged affiliation with the Gülen movement, was...
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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...
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Weaponized Diplomacy: How Erdoğan Uses Turkish Missions for Transnational Repression
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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.
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