Erdoğan accuses digital platforms of promoting ‘deviant trends’ threatening family values
President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has accused global digital platforms of encouraging what he described as “deviant trends,” claiming that Turkey’s traditional family structure is...
Amnesty International’s chief not allowed to visit jailed Turkish human rights defender İdil Eser
Amnesty International Secretary General Salil Shetty was not permitted to visit the Amnesty’s Turkey director İdil Eser, who was jailed on “terrorism” charges two...
14 former officers detained over alleged Gülen links in ‘payphone investigation’
Turkish police detained 14 former military officers in raids carried out in Ankara for alleged links to the Gülen movement, the TR724 news website...
COMMENTARY — Fukara-Der: Turkey-backed charity funneling European funds to jihadists
By Abdullah Bozkurt
The mushrooming of new Islamist NGOs and foundations in Turkey, especially in border provinces near Syria and Iraq, apparently with the encouragement...
Reuters’ seized properties put up for sale by Turkey’s Saving Desposit Insurance Fund
Turkey's Savings Deposit Insurance Fund (TMSF), which unlawfully sells the properties of TV stations and newspapers that have been first seized by Turkish government...
Turkey to work with Pakistan to stop new wave of Afghan migrants
Turkey will work with Pakistan to help stabilize Afghanistan and prevent a new flood of refugees, President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said Sunday, Agence France-Presse...
Amid a culture of impunity, courts protect people in positions of power, lawyers say
Lawyers involved in legal proceedings concerning vulnerable communities in Turkey have said the judiciary often protects people in power by granting them impunity.
Speaking to...
Turkish asylum seeker in Germany succumbs to cancer
A former biology teacher who fled to Germany to escape political oppression in Turkey died from cancer last week in Cologne, the Bold Medya...
966 detained in Turkey in post-coup witch-hunt targeting Gülen movement in one week
The Turkish Interior Ministry announced on Monday that a total of 966 people have been detained in the past week as part of an...
Turkey’s education minister sues 168 signatories of secularism manifesto
Turkish Education Minister Yusuf Tekin has said he filed a lawsuit against 168 public figures who recently signed a manifesto titled “We Defend Secularism Together,” escalating...
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...