Turkish man aiding Syrian refugees through Ankara charity shop arrested on sexual assault charges
A Turkish man known for helping refugees through a charity shop in Ankara has been arrested on charges of sexually assaulting several Syrian women...
Turkey among countries enabling Israel’s genocide in Gaza: UN report
A United Nations report has accused Turkey, along with several Western and regional powers, of enabling Israel’s genocide in Gaza through continued trade, military...
Turkey to grant financial crimes unit the power to freeze bank accounts instantly
The Turkish Parliament is preparing to give the Financial Crimes Investigation Board (MASAK) the power to immediately freeze bank accounts linked to suspicious transactions,...
Veteran Kurdish politician acquitted of terrorism charges that led to his removal as mayor
Prominent Kurdish politician Ahmet Türk, a former co-mayor of Mardin in southeastern Turkey from the Peoples’ Equality and Democracy Party (DEM Party), has been...
Kurdish politician Demirtaş voices full support for peace process despite continued incarceration
Prominent Kurdish politician Selahattin Demirtaş has expressed full support for an ongoing peace process aimed at resolving the decades-long armed conflict between the outlawed...
Turkey among countries practicing religious discrimination in global freedom report
Turkey is among dozens of countries accused of systematic religious discrimination in a new global report warning that nearly two-thirds of humanity lives under...
17 press groups urge Turkey to drop provisions in bill criminalizing LGBTQ+ reporting
Seventeen international press organizations have called on Turkey to remove provisions from a new judicial reform bill that would criminalize reporting on LGBTQ+ issues,...
İstanbul Bar official urges end to arbitrary denial of parole, misuse of detention amid...
Hürrem Sönmez, secretary general of the İstanbul Bar Association, has called for an end to the arbitrary denial of parole and the misuse of...
Kurdish journalist sentenced over posts on colleagues killed in Turkish drone strike in Syria
A Turkish court on Tuesday sentenced journalist and news editor Öznur Değer to more than three years in prison over social media posts about...
Turkish court convicts journalists for story on İstanbul prosecutor
A Turkish court has convicted three journalists from the print and online editions of the BirGün newspaper over a story about İstanbul’s chief public...
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Turkey's record on torture and ill-treatment continued to deteriorate in 2025, despite its commitments under international human rights conventions.
Throughout the year human rights organizations...
Turkey’s Transnational Repression: 2025 in Review
Turkey's campaign of transnational repression against critics abroad continued throughout 2025. Since a coup attempt in July 2016, President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s long arm...
Turkey’s Crackdown on the Gülen Movement: 2025 in Review
During the year Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan continued to relentlessly pursue anyone with alleged links with the faith-based Gülen movement, which he described...
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Weaponized Diplomacy: How Erdoğan Uses Turkish Missions for Transnational Repression
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This report highlights the most important developments in the area of human rights in Turkey during the year 2024.
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