Protesters demand justice in Strasbourg for victims of Turkey’s post-coup crackdown
More than 2,000 Turkish expatriates and human rights activists gathered in front of the Council of Europe headquarters in Strasbourg on Wednesday to demand...
Turkish prosecutor declines to pursue case of inmate who was tortured and found dead...
A Turkish public prosecutor has declined to pursue the case of Garibe Gezer, who was reportedly beaten and sexually harassed by prison guards and...
Erdoğan and his ally accuse Boğaziçi students of being terrorists
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and his far-right ultranationalist ally Devlet Bahçeli have accused the young people who have been demonstrating for weeks against...
Report: HDP targeted by 57 attacks, 208 members detained, 16 jailed ahead of polls...
Two hundred eight members of the pro-Kurdish Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) have been detained, 16 HDP members have been jailed and various party offices...
MEPs urge Turkey to restore democratic standards, drop charges against journalists
Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) have voiced "deep concern" over what they described as the ongoing deterioration of democratic standards in Turkey, citing...
Turkish armored vehicle kills a mother and her child in Aleppo: report
A woman and her child were crushed to death by a Turkish armored vehicle in a village in Aleppo, the Syrian Observatory for Human...
3 youths briefly detained for hanging wanted poster for former minister
Police briefly detained three members of the main opposition party’s youth branch caught hanging wanted posters for Turkey’s former finance minister, Berat Albayrak, Turkish...
OSCE expresses concerns over June 24 elections in Turkey in interim report
An interim report of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) cites a number of concerns regarding the democratic process ahead of...
Press freedom groups condemn Turkey’s revocation of independent radio station’s license, call for reinstatement
Sixty-four press freedom and civil society organizations have condemned Turkey’s decision to revoke the terrestrial broadcasting license of independent radio station Açık Radyo, according...
İstanbul mayor gets prison sentence, political ban in insult trial verdict
A Turkish court on Wednesday handed down a prison sentence of more than two years as well as imposing a political ban on İstanbul’s...
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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
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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.
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Dehumanizing a Legacy: How Fethullah Gülen’s Death Triggered a Campaign of Hate Speech in...
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