Turkey’s main opposition leader vows to send Syrian refugees back home
Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu, the leader of Turkey’s main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP), has promised to send Syrians who took refuge in Turkey fleeing the...
Davut Türkel, a 59-years-old detainee, dies under police custody in Turkey
59-years-old Davut Türkel was added to the list of those who suspiciously died under the custody of Turkish police in the aftermath of a...
Turkish man who fatally shot his wife posts the murder on social media
A man who shot his wife in an “honor killing” on Tuesday in western Çanakkale province posted the murder on social media, Turkish media...
Court-appointed CHP leader says jailed Erdoğan rival is not a political prisoner
Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu, reinstated by a court as leader of Turkey’s Republican People’s Party (CHP), said Tuesday that jailed İstanbul Mayor Ekrem İmamoğlu was not...
15-month-old held in Turkey’s prison suffered from bad conditions
Hundreds of infants have been kept in pretrial detention in Turkey’s jails with their mothers due to a state of emergency (OHAL) designed to...
Erdoğan calls some EU politicians ‘enemies of Islam’
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has accused EU politicians Kati Piri, Federica Mogherini and Johannes Hahn of being enemies of Islam while criticizing a...
Man gets suspended sentence for sharing Erdoğan cartoons on social media
A man in the central Turkish province of Konya has been given a suspended sentence of 14 months on charges of insulting President Recep...
Turkey’s dismissed academics want their passports back after state of emergency lifted
Turkish academics who were dismissed from their jobs by government decrees during a two-year-long state of emergency have started a campaign on social media...
Court rules to keep Kurdish journalist facing terrorism charges in jail
A court in the southeastern Turkish province of Diyarbakır has decided to keep a Kurdish journalist who was arrested in May on terrorism-related charges...
ECtHR faults Turkey in 893 more cases over systemic flaws in terrorism convictions
The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) on Tuesday found violations in 893 more applications from Turkey, extending its case law on systemic defects...
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...