Recent İHD report exposes severe rights violations in Turkish jails
Turkey's Human Rights Association's (İHD) recent report has exposed the violations in Turkish prisons which include poor or no medical care given to sick...
Former İzmir mayor among 120 detained in corruption investigation
Turkish police have detained 120 former and current municipal officials in the main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) bastion of İzmir, including the city’s...
Journalists in Turkey faced assault, prosecution and censorship in August: report
Journalists in Turkey were subjected to assaults, censorship and judicial harassment in August, according to a monthly report released by the Dicle Fırat Journalists...
Turkey’s top court approves punishment for union activities during working hours
Turkey’s Constitutional Court (AYM) has rejected an individual application filed by a civil servant who received an administrative punishment for engaging in union activities...
Turkish consulates in Germany send Erdoğan propaganda letter to expatriates
As voting continues abroad for the elections to be held in Turkey on June 24, all Turkish citizens registered at the Turkish consulates in...
Turkey’s top court to assess an appeal by HDP’s jailed co-chair Demirtaş on Dec....
Turkey's top court has announced on Thursday that the court will be assessing an appeal by pro-Kurdish Peoples' Democratic Party's (HDP) imprisoned Co-chair Selahattin...
Dismissed teacher reinstated 2 years after he died of cancer
Salman Taş, 57, a teacher who was fired from his job by a government decree without due process, has been reinstated two years after...
Erdoğan reiterates plan for anti-LGBT constitutional amendment
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said on Tuesday that his government was working on drafting an anti-LGBT constitutional amendment to enshrine the family that...
Turkish man belatedly released from prison despite advanced cancer dies over the weekend
A father of two who was belatedly released from prison despite suffering from advanced cancer on Sunday succumbed to his illness, the TR724 news...
CoE rapporteurs voice concern over Turkey’s local democracy after Kurdish mayor’s removal
David Eray and Bryony Rudkin, co-rapporteurs of the Congress of Local and Regional Authorities of the Council of Europe (CoE), have expressed concern over...
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...