Two children singing in Kurdish detained in eastern Turkey
Turkish police on Monday detained two children aged 11 or 12 while they were singing a song in Kurdish on Cumhuriyet Street in Turkey’s...
HRW urges EU to press Turkey to admit Syrian refugees, halt deportations
A recent Human Rights Watch (HRW) report has alleged that Turkey has been carrying out mass deportations of Syrians, calling on the European Union...
Single man with no child dismissed from public service for sending ‘his kids’ to...
Muhammed Zekeriya Özdil, a single man with no child, says according to the Inquiry Commission on the State of Emergency Measures (OHAL Commission) he...
Turkey’s broadcast regulator punishes 6 TV stations over their coverage of wildfires
Turkey’s broadcasting watchdog, the Radio and Television Supreme Council (RTÜK), has imposed fines on six TV stations due to the way they covered wildfires...
Erdoğanist media shows 29 critical journalists, activists as new targets for Turkish government persecution
Pro-Erdoğan newspapers Türkiye, Güneş, Sabah, Akşam and Star have showed 29 critical journalists, writeres and activists as new targets for Turkish government persecution on Tuesday...
Sweden rejects Turkey’s extradition request for journalist Abdullah Bozkurt
Sweden has rejected Turkey’s request to extradite journalist living in exile Abdullah Bozkurt, ruling that the accusations against him are not punishable under Swedish...
HRW calls on Turkey to suspend time limit on refugees’ travel outside quake zone
Turkey’s arbitrary decision to give refugees living in the provinces affected by the February 6, 2023 earthquakes only 60 days outside the region leaves...
Prison denies inmate his own book for being ‘motivational’
A prison administration in northwest Turkey has refused to deliver inmate Mehmet Alçınkaya a copy of his autobiography on the grounds that the book’s...
Turkish court denies pro-Kurdish politician’s request for release despite 1-year-old daughter’s asthma
A Turkish court has denied pro-Kurdish politician Esma Yılmaz's request for release from pre-trial detention even though her 1-year-old daughter, kept in prison along...
Turkish gov’t detains 10 military personnel over alleged links to Gülen movement
The Turkish government on Saturday detained 12 people, including 10 military members on active duty, in a Kahramanmaraş-based investigation as part of its massive...
Latest Reports
New report exposes widespread, systematic rights violations in Turkey’s crackdown on the Gülen movement
STOCKHOLM— The Stockholm Center for Freedom today released a new report, “UN Findings on Turkey’s Crackdown on the Gülen Movement: Widespread and Systematic Rights...
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...