Jailed Kurdish leader: Erdoğan did not let PKK lay down arms
Jailed Kurdish leader Selahattin Demirtaş has claimed that President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan did not allow the outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) to lay down...
Turkish woman with COVID-19 made to appear before judge in hazmat suit
Turkish authorities made a woman who tested positive for COVID-19 appear before a judge in Bursa province in a hazmat suit on October 14...
Opposition MP calls for release of end-stage cancer patient jailed over Gülen links
A deputy from the pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) has called for the immediate release of Ayşe Özdoğan, a critically ill woman who suffers...
Jailed Turkish philanthropist awaits his fate under Erdoğan’s wrath
Jailed without a conviction since 2017, Turkish philanthropist Osman Kavala says he feels like a tool in President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s attempts to blame...
Journalist Sinan Aygül convicted of spreading terrorist propaganda for publishing an interview
A court in the province of Bitlis convicted journalist Sinan Aygül of disseminating the propaganda of a terrorist organization because of an interview he...
Former HDP deputy Aysel Tuğluk sentenced to 20 months for spreading ‘terrorist propaganda’
A court in the Turkish province of Van on Friday sentenced Aysel Tuğluk, the former deputy co-chair of the pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP),...
Purge victim not allowed to obtain passport despite recommendation by ombudsman
Sait Güney, one of the more than 130,000 civil servants who were removed from their jobs as part of a purge carried out following...
Turkey orders detention of 113 people over alleged Gülen links in 2 investigations
Turkish authorities on Friday ordered the detention of 113 people due to alleged links to the Gülen movement as part of two separate investigations,...
Turkish soldiers beat, push Afghan asylum seekers back to Iran: Human Rights Watch
Turkish authorities are summarily pushing Afghan asylum seekers crossing into the country from Iran back to Iran, denying them the right to seek asylum,...
Female refugee in İstanbul attacked, threatened by neighbors, insulted by police: report
A refugee who has been living in İstanbul with her children for four months was beaten up and threatened by neighbors and insulted at...
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Turkey's political opposition faced intensifying pressure in 2025, with the judiciary emerging as the primary instrument for targeting dissenting voices. The most far-reaching measures...
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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...
Women’s rights in Turkey: 2025 in Review
The state of women’s rights in Turkey showed no meaningful improvement in 2025, as longstanding problems persisted and new challenges emerged. Femicides, institutional failures...
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...