Amnesty calls arrest of top doctor on ‘terror’ charges an ‘appalling abuse of power’
Prominent London-based rights group Amnesty International has condemned the arrest of the head of a leading doctors’ union in Turkey on terrorist propaganda charges, describing...
Turkish police detain 7 more people over financial aid to purge victims: journalist
Turkish police have detained an additional seven people for providing financial support to people fired from their jobs on the pretext of an anti-coup...
Prison board deems letter from former judge to opposition lawmaker ‘inappropriate’ and punishes him...
A letter written by imprisoned former judge Hüsamettin Uğur to an opposition lawmaker about poor prison conditions and ill-treatment was confiscated by an administrative...
Illegal arrivals in Germany from Turkey skyrocketed in 2022
There has been a 254 percent increase in the number of Turkish nationals entering Germany illegally over the first nine months of 2022 compared...
HDP lawmaker submits 9 parliamentary motions to investigate rights violations in Turkish prisons
Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) deputy Meral Danış-Beştaş has submitted nine different motions to the parliamentary committee on human rights to investigate rights violations in...
Pro-gov’t media publishing locations of Turkish journalists in exile can lead to serious harm:...
The Committee to Protect Journalists’ (CPJ) Europe and Central Asia Program Coordinator Gulnoza Said stated that recent reports published by Turkey’s pro-government media outlets...
Turkey frees Kurdish politician with dementia from jail
Kurdish politician Aysel Tuğluk was released from jail in northwest Turkey late Thursday after a medical report that her dementia did not allow her...
Detention of 11 journalists across Turkey sparks global concern, domestic outrage
The Turkish government has attracted condemnation and anger from press organizations and politicians within and without Turkey for the recent detention of 11 journalists...
Woman released for health reasons sent back to prison after court rules she poses...
Ebide Şimşek, a housewife and mother of three who was sentenced to prison in 2019 for alleged links to the Gülen movement but subsequently...
Turkish government to build 20 new prisons in 2023
The Turkish government, which plans to complete the construction of 18 new prisons by the end of the year, is now planning to build...
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...