Turkey logged more than 3,200 torture or ill-treatment cases in 2024: report
Turkey recorded at least 3,254 cases of torture or ill-treatment in 2024 that occurred in police custody, at protests and in prisons, the Human...
Turkey no longer a safe haven for Uyghurs amid residency cancellations and deportation risks:...
Turkey is increasingly restricting the legal stay of Uyghurs and deporting some to third countries despite the risk of eventual return to China, in...
Turkey ranks among world’s worst for internet freedom: Freedom House
Turkey is among the five countries with the steepest long-term declines in internet freedom, according to a new report released Thursday by US-based democracy...
Main opposition leader says gov’t now targets his party after years of pressure on...
Özgür Özel, the leader of Turkey’s main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP), says the Turkish government has replaced its old focus on cracking down...
Social media campaign urges release of Turkish mother arrested with infant
Social media users on Wednesday launched a campaign calling on Turkish authorities to release Deniz Gündoğdu, who was arrested and sent to Edirne Prison...
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...
Turkey’s pension system near bottom of global index, lowest in sustainability: report
Turkey’s pension system is ranked 49th overall out of 52 countries and came in last in the sustainability category of the Mercer CFA Institute...
Pro-gov’t Limak Holding wins environmental approval for controversial gold mine in western Turkey
Limak Holding, a conglomerate with close ties to Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, has received government approval for a major gold mining project in...
Turkey blocks access to İmamoğlu’s campaign account on X over ‘national security’ concerns
Turkey has blocked access to an X account opened to promote the presidential campaign of Ekrem İmamoğlu, the jailed mayor of İstanbul and the...
New regulation gives Turkey’s president final say on mining permits, prompting legal, environmental concerns
Turkey has introduced sweeping changes to its mining permit system that put the final decision-making authority under the presidency, a move environmental groups and...
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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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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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