German foreign minister calls on Turkey to release political prisoners, including Kavala and Demirtaş
German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock on Tuesday called on the Turkish government to release individuals who remain behind bars despite rulings by the European...
Woman jailed with 2-year-old son on trumped-up terrorism charges appeals for justice
Emine Ceyran (35), who is in prison with her two-year-old son on trumped-up terrorism charges, in a letter to human rights defender and pro-Kurdish...
EU rapporteur slams ‘absurd’ sentence for prominent Turkish journalist as press groups urge release
European Parliament Turkey rapporteur Nacho Sanchez Amor on Wednesday condemned Turkey for sentencing journalist Fatih Altaylı to over four years in prison, with press...
Turkish court considers publishing leaked state documents an act of terrorism
A Mersin court that handed down a prison sentence of 19 years, six months to jailed investigative journalist Mehmet Baransu on three separate charges...
Parliamentary status of two pro-Kurdish HDP deputies removed due to ‘absence’
The parliamentary status of pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) Van deputy Tuğba Hezer Öztürk and Şırnak deputy Faysal Sarıyıldız was removed in a vote...
Turkey arrests journalist for remarks on jailed PKK leader
A Turkish court on Tuesday ruled to arrest a journalist on charges of disseminating terrorism propaganda due to his televised remarks about Abdullah Öcalan,...
Death of Ahmet Burhan Ataç reveals plight of children caught up in Turkey’s massive...
The terrible ordeal of an 8-year-old Turkish boy who lost his life to cancer while his father was jailed and his mother tried on...
Story of lawyer jailed on Gülen links exposes plight of children accompanying their mothers...
The story of Özge Elif Hendekci, a lawyer who was previously imprisoned in Turkey along with her child on charges of links to the...
President Erdogan appoints Basri Bağcı, deemed ‘unqualified’ to be an ECtHR judge, as new...
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has appointed Basri Bağcı, who was deemed “unqualified” to be a judge at the European Court of Human Rights...
Turkey ranked 164th among 179 countries in Academic Freedom Index
Academic freedom in Turkey has sharply declined in the past 15 years, putting the country in 164th place among 179 countries as of December...
Latest Reports
New report exposes widespread, systematic rights violations in Turkey’s crackdown on the Gülen movement
STOCKHOLM— The Stockholm Center for Freedom today released a new report, “UN Findings on Turkey’s Crackdown on the Gülen Movement: Widespread and Systematic Rights...
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...