UN report exposes systematic torture in post-coup Turkey
The Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) on Tuesday exposed details of torture cases in Turkey last year and...
Erdoğan links deaths in major quake to ‘destiny’s plan’
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on Wednesday linked deaths in a massive earthquake that has claimed the lives of thousands in southern Turkey to...
CPJ urges Turkey to free pro-opposition TV editor and revoke trustee appointment
The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) on Monday urged Turkish authorities to free editor-in-chief of the pro-opposition TELE1 TV station Merdan Yanardağ and rescind...
22 more İstanbul municipal officials face detention in expanding corruption probe
Turkish prosecutors have issued detention warrants for 22 people as part of an expanding corruption investigation into the opposition-run İstanbul Municipality, whose mayor has...
Turkish sergeant claims mobbing by superiors in suicide letter
Ökkeş Gök, a 25-year-old sergeant stationed in southeastern Turkey, said he was subjected to systematic harassment by superiors in a letter he wrote before...
Jailed Turkish journalist Erdal says her biggest need is for justice and freedom
Hanım Büşra Erdal, one of the dozens of journalists who were arrested because they used to work for Turkish media outlets affiliated with the...
[UPDATE] Turkey’s earthquake death toll exceeds 42,000
Turkey’s Disaster and Emergency Management Agency (AFAD) has put the death toll of powerful earthquakes that hit Turkey earlier this month at more than...
1,601 arrested in 2025 over alleged Gülen links, interior minister says
Turkish authorities arrested 1,601 people in 2025 as part of an ongoing crackdown on the faith-based Gülen movement, Interior Minister Ali Yerlikaya announced on...
Assessing Afrin operation, Erdoğan’s ultra-nationalist ally Bahçeli shows to Turks ‘domination over world’ as...
Devlet Bahçeli, the leader of ultra-nationalist Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) and close ally of Turkish autocratic President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, has showed to Turks...
My husband was tortured multiple times and wanted to die, says wife of inmate...
Nazlı Vatansever, the wife of Şeref Vatansever, a former computer science teacher who died of COVID-19 on Sunday after contracting the disease in northwestern...
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...