Turkish court upholds broadcast ban on pro-opposition TELE1
The Ankara 23rd Administrative Court has rejected a motion filed by TELE 1, a pro-opposition TV station, seeking to suspend the execution of a...
Turkey’s broadcasting watchdog imposes program ban, fine on pro-opposition Halk TV
The Radio and Television Supreme Council (RTÜK), Turkey’s government regulator for broadcasting, has imposed a five-time program ban as well as an upper limit...
Reactions mount against Turkish authorities over jailing of end-stage cancer patient
Turkish authorities last week arrested critically ill Ayşe Özdoğan, who suffers from a rare form of cancer, and sent her to prison on a...
393 women in Turkey murdered in domestic violence since January 2017
Three hundred ninety-three women in Turkey were killed in incidents of domestic violence over the last 19 months, according to the Interior Ministry.
Opposition deputy...
Turkey’s jails overflow as inmate population nears 420,000
The number of people held in Turkish prisons has risen by more than 16,000 since April, pushing the total inmate population to 419,194 as...
Mother of boy who recently died of cancer detained on Gülen conviction
The mother of Yusuf Kerim Sayın, who died of bone cancer last week, was detained on Monday by police in Turkey’s Sakarya province to...
Turkish-Kyrgyz educator abducted by MİT says statement taken under torture
Orhan İnandı, a Turkish-Kyrgyz educator who was kidnapped in Kyrgyzstan on May 31 and illegally brought to Turkey by the National Intelligence Organization (MİT)...
President Erdoğan’s ultranationalist ally: Turkey on verge of social crisis
Devlet Bahçeli, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan's ultranationalist ally and chairman of the Nationalist Movement Party (MHP), has warned against the increasing rate of...
Detained daughter mourns in handcuffs after being denied attendance at father’s funeral
After being denied the opportunity to attend her father’s funeral on Monday, Sueda Güngör, who is currently in pretrial detention, was allowed by Turkish...
Saturday Mothers file complaint alleging mistreatment by police at demonstration
Lawyers representing members of the Saturday Mothers have filed a criminal complaint alleging police mistreatment of the activist group during its 967th weekly vigil...
Latest Reports
Torture, Ill-treatment and Prison Conditions in Turkey: 2025 in Review
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
The state of women’s rights in Turkey showed no meaningful improvement in 2025, as longstanding problems persisted and new challenges emerged. Femicides, institutional failures...
Weaponized Diplomacy: How Erdoğan Uses Turkish Missions for Transnational Repression
Download PDF
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
Download PDF
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
Download PDF
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...
Download PDF
This report examines the surge of hate speech following the death of Fethullah Gülen, a US-based cleric whose followers have been systematically persecuted...