Turkey leads the world in legal harassment of women journalists
Turkey has the highest rate of legal harassment of women journalists in the world and ranks second in the number of women journalists imprisoned,...
Erdoğan appoints controversial figure as Turkey’s top prosecutor
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has appointed a controversial judge at the Supreme Court of Appeals who was behind a recent crisis between the...
Turkish court gives 10-month jail sentence to pro-Kurdish HDP’s former deputy Encü
Former pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) Şırnak deputy Ferhat Encü has been handed down a 10-month jail sentence that was ultimately commuted to a...
Five more detained in Turkey for wearing ‘HERO’ T-shirts on Sunday
Four young men were detained in Adana province on Sunday as part of a witch-hunt targeting people wearing T-shirts bearing the word “hero,” Solhaber...
1,000 writers, journalists, politicians call on people to unite against one-man rule
A thousand people including writers, experts, artists, lawyers, intellectuals and politicians called on people to unite against one-man rule for peace and democracy in...
Turkish court sends 25-day-old Vedat Akif to prison together with his mother
Halime Kaman, who gave birth through the cesarean section 25 days ago, was arrested by an İstanbul court on Friday and sent to prison...
Indictment levels terror charges at Turkish journalist who investigated coup attempt
An indictment drafted by an İstanbul prosecutor for Ece Sevim Öztürk, an investigative journalist who has been behind bars since June, accuses the journalist...
Journalist faces trial for ‘insulting state’ over interview on activist’s killing
Turkish journalist Elif Bayburt is facing charges of “insulting the Turkish state” after conducting an interview about the death of a Turkish-American human rights...
Turkey detains 18 lawyers defending jailed hunger striker educators
A total of 18 lawyers for jailed hunger striker teachers Nuriye Gülmen and Semih Özakça have been detained just days before the teachers’ trial...
Top court finds reduced sentence for man who killed woman for rejecting proposal ‘reasonable’
A board at the Supreme Court of Appeals has found the reduction of a sentence given to a man who was convicted of the...
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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...
Hate speech and hate crimes against Syrian refugees in Turkey
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This report focuses on the inflammatory rhetoric and illegal acts motivated by prejudice faced by refugees who fled the civil war in Syria...