Turkey justifies prosecution of journalists with McCarthy era relic laws
Turkish prosecutor justified the trumped-up terror and coup charges against 29 journalists who have been in prison pending trial since July of last year...
Turkey jails another 63 former police officers over mobile app
Another 63 police officers who were earlier dismissed from profession have been put under arrest over their alleged use of ByLock smartphone application. Turkish authorities...
Criminal complaint filed against ex-AKP member over claims of guns delivered on coup night
Lawyers hired by the People’s Liberation Party (HKP), a left-wing populist political party in Turkey, filed a criminal complaint against a former member of...
67 political, civil society figures call for justice over Turkey’s post-coup dismissals
Sixty-seven people from political parties, trade unions and civil society organizations have called on Turkish authorities to deliver justice for more than 127,000 public...
Pro-gov’t media outlets least trusted in Turkey, according to global report
A report by Oxford University’s Reuters Institute has revealed that pro-government media outlets in Turkey, which are frequently criticized for acting as the propaganda...
Majority of poor women in Turkey only able to perform unpaid labor at home
Women in Turkey are often only able to perform unpaid labor at home rather than hold outside jobs and as a result suffer the...
Turkey sends CHP deputy Berberoğlu to jail over story on MİT trucks carrying weapons...
A high criminal court in İstanbul on Wednesday handed down a prison sentence of 25 years to main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) deputy...
Turkey arrests 9 journalists working for pro-Kurdish media
Nine out of 11 journalists working for pro-Kurdish news outlets who were detained in police operations last week were arrested on Saturday, Turkish Minute...
Pro-Erdoğan Turkish reporter fined 5,000 euros by German court for defaming kindergarten
Rahmi Turan, a Turkish reporter who works for the staunchly pro-government aHaber TV station, has been handed down a fine of 5,000 euros by...
Turkish gov’t detains dozens over alleged ByLock use in Van, Çorum, Kırıkkale provinces
Dozens of people were detained by police teams during operations in Turkey's Van, Çankırı and Kırıkkale provinces as part of Turkish government’s massive post-coup...
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...