Turkey issued detention warrants for 84 people over alleged Gülen links in a week
Turkish authorities have over the past week ordered the detention of 84 people including lawyers, teachers, active duty and dismissed police officers and former...
ECtHR rejects release request of jailed Turkish hunger strikers
The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) on Wednesday rejected Turkish hunger striker educationists Nuriye Gülmen and Semih Özakça’s request to order Turkish government...
İstanbul court jails Üsküdar’s first woman mayor, 3 others in corruption investigation
An İstanbul court on Friday jailed Sinem Dedetaş, the first female mayor of the city’s Üsküdar district who ended 30 years of Islamist-based rule,...
Former CHP leader faces prison for statements defending victims of gov’t crackdown
Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu, former leader of the main opposition Republican People’s Party’s (CHP), faces up to more than three years in prison since a court...
Turkey urgently needs to demonstrate concrete progress on rule of law, fundamental freedoms:...
The European Union External Action Service (EEAS) said in a statement issued on Saturday that a Turkish court’s decision to convict four human rights...
Elderly Kurdish couple sent to prison to serve sentence for allegedly aiding and abetting...
An elderly Kurdish couple in eastern Turkey's Van province were sent to prison on Tuesday after a top appeals court upheld a sentence handed...
Lawyers in Turkey face harassment, mistreatment over their work, int’l delegation says
An international delegation comprising 27 bar associations, human rights organizations and legal groups from eight countries reported severe mistreatment of lawyers in Turkey, pointing...
10.5-year jail sentence sought for Cumhuriyet editor due to news headline
A prosecutor is seeking a jail sentence of up to 10.5 years for Cumhuriyet daily’s website editor Oğuz Güven, who has been behind bars...
İstanbul Governor’s Office refuses to allow Mahsa Amini commemoration
The İstanbul Governor’s Office has refused to issue a permit to a group of civil society organizations that sought to hold a commemoration ceremony...
Turkish police detain journalist on Working Journalists Day
On Jan. 10, when the work and independence of journalists are celebrated in Turkey, the police detained a journalist from an anti-government news website,...
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...