Turkish police fire tear gas to break up Women’s Day march in İstanbul
Riot police in İstanbul fired tear gas and plastic bullets to disperse thousands of demonstrators who tried to march along the city’s main pedestrian...
Turkish judges defy Constitutional Court, reject retrial of former city planner
An İstanbul court on Thursday rejected a ruling by Turkey’s Constitutional Court ordering a retrial of former city planner Tayfun Kahraman, attracting criticism from...
We Will Stop Femicide Platform reveals staggering number of femicide cases over a year
At least 315 women were killed by men in Turkey in 2023, the Cumhuriyet daily reported, citing numbers from the We Will Stop Femicide Platform...
US Congress passes act fighting political abuse of INTERPOL’s notice system
The US Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe (CSCE), aka the Helsinki Commission, has announced on its website that the US Senate passed...
Gülen-inspired JWF reiterates its call for int’l community to establish a committee to investigate...
The Journalist and Writers Foundation (JWF), affiliated with the Gülen movement, that has been widely and systematically persecuted by Turkish government, has called inter-governmental organisations...
Turkey orders detention of 24 people in Gülen movement investigation
Turkish authorities ordered the detention of 24 individuals on Tuesday in an ongoing crackdown on the faith-based Gülen movement, the state-run broadcaster TRT Haber...
Imprisoned HDP co-chair given 14-month jail sentence for ‘insulting’ Erdoğan
Figen Yüksekdağ, former co-chairperson of the pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP), has been given a prison sentence of 14 months on charges of insulting...
Severely disabled man imprisoned for aiding daughter is handcuffed to hospital bed after surgery
An almost totally disabled man, imprisoned for allegedly aiding and abetting his daughter who was wanted for links to the Gülen movement, was handcuffed...
Purge victim receiving cancer treatment in prison
A man who was jailed as part of a massive government-led crackdown on followers of the Gülen movement in Turkey has been undergoing chemotherapy...
Christian, Jewish, Alevi and Yazidi communities face ongoing discrimination in Turkey: report
A new global report says religious minorities in Turkey face growing hostility, citing hate speech, attacks on houses of worship and policies favoring the...
Latest Reports
Human Rights in Turkey: 2025 in Review
Download PDF
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
Download PDF
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
Download PDF
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
Download PDF
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...
Download PDF
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
Download PDF
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
Download PDF
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...
Hate speech and hate crimes against Syrian refugees in Turkey
Download PDF
This report focuses on the inflammatory rhetoric and illegal acts motivated by prejudice faced by refugees who fled the civil war in Syria...