Turkey earthquake Europe’s worst natural disaster in ‘a century’: WHO
The World Health Organization said Tuesday that last week’s massive earthquake, the epicenter of which was in Turkey, constituted the “worst natural disaster” in...
Turkey’s presidential candidate promises repatriation of Syrians when he becomes head of state
Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu, the leader of Turkey’s main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) and a presidential candidate, in an interview with German television station ABD...
Union calls for reinforcing hospitals in İstanbul against potential quake
The Health and Social Service Employees Union (SES) has called on Turkish authorities to reinforce hospital buildings in İstanbul against a potential earthquake, the...
Turkey Purge: 3,158 detained, 1,127 jailed in past 30 days over coup charges
A huge cleansing of Turkey’s state and other institutions is continuing as people from all walks of life find themselves being hunted down, taken...
Veteran journalist Ilıcak reflects on prison, political misjudgments after 2016 coup attempt
Veteran Turkish journalist Nazlı Ilıcak, who was jailed on terrorism-related charges in a mass crackdown following a failed coup in Turkey in 2016, has...
A boom in foreign language high school graduates in Turkey who opt to study...
Graduates of foreign language high schools in Turkey chose to study at universities abroad for their higher education this year following the massive purges...
Basel police officer from Turkish origin arrested for spying for Erdoğan
Swiss police has arrested a Basel-based traffic police on suspicion of spying for Turkish officials, reported by Basler Zeitung newspaper on Friday. According to the...
Football club in Turkey fined over alleged Kurdish separatist propaganda
Turkey’s main Kurdish football team has been fined for spreading “ideological propaganda” in favor of Kurdish forces in northern Syria, the Turkish Football Federation...
Widow files complaint against police for blaming husband in crash with Somali president’s son
The widow of a motorcycle courier who was killed in a traffic accident caused by Mohamed Hassan Sheik Mohamud, a son of the Somali...
Ailing retired imam imprisoned on Gülen links diagnosed with pancreatic cancer
Ahmet Kaptan, 65, a retired imam imprisoned on alleged links to the Gülen movement who has been struggling with gastrointestinal problems and lost 22...
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...