Jailed HR activist Kavala: Thousands await indictments under detention in Turkey
Osman Kavala, a Turkish businessman and activist who has been held in pretrial detention since November 2017, has written an open letter from İstanbul’s Silivri Prison...
Turkey sends officials accused of ill-treatment, rendition to UN session reviewing torture record
The Turkish government has sent two officials accused of ill-treatment and involvement in extraordinary renditions to the 80th session of the United Nations Committee...
Magazine salesman arrested over alleged links to outlawed PKK
Ramazan Dişarı, an employee of the left-wing Demokratik Modernite Dergisi (Democratic Modernity Magazine), was detained by police on Sunday while selling magazines at the...
3-year-old prescribed psychiatric medication after mother locked up on bogus terrorism charges
Hülya Bayden, 31, said in a letter to pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) deputy and rights activist Ömer Faruk Gergerlioğlu that her 3-year-old daughter...
Turkey’s broadcast regulator fines station over main opposition leader’s criticism of justice minister
Turkey’s broadcast regulator has fined Sözcü TV for airing remarks by the leader of the country’s main opposition party about the justice minister, a...
ECtHR drops case on Turkey’s Roboski massacre due to late arrival of documents
The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has dropped a case regarding the Uludere (Roboski) massacre, in which 34 people, mostly youngsters, were killed...
Kurdish-language traffic signs defaced in eastern Turkey
Unidentified people have defaced Kurdish-language traffic signs in the eastern provinces of Diyarbakır and Van, in what appears to be a racially motivated attack...
Many schoolchildren can’t have lunch due to increasing food prices, says activist
Increasing food prices have affected children of school-going age the most, said Hacer Foggo, founder of the Istanbul-based Deep Poverty Network, in an interview...
German foreign minister, CPJ slam Turkish court’s ruling on exiled journalist Dündar
German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas and the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) slammed the ruling of a Turkish court today that sentenced exiled journalist...
15 detained in bribery probe into CHP-run municipality in western Turkey
Turkish police detained 15 people, including the deputy mayor of the main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP)-run Seferihisar Municipality in the western province of...
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UN Findings on Turkey’s Crackdown on the Gülen Movement: Widespread and Systematic Rights Violations...
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This report analyzes UN findings on Turkey’s post-2016 counterterrorism measures targeting people with alleged links to the faith-based Gülen movement.
Drawing on opinions of...
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...