Turkish appeals court upholds block on news website over deputy minister coverage
A Turkish appeals court has upheld an access ban on the Baba Ocağı news website over its reporting on Deputy Culture and Tourism Minister...
COMMENTARY — Erdoğan’s Pelican conspiracy in Turkey’s propaganda war
By Abdullah Bozkurt
Perhaps the most conniving and cunning arm of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s mammoth propaganda machine is a little-known clandestine group called...
Turkish gov’t has detained a third of pro-Kurdish HDP members over last 3 years
The Turkish government led by autocratic President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has detained about a third of all pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) members since...
Erdoğan slams The Economist over its ‘dictatorship’ report on Turkey
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has slammed The Economist weekly newspaper for a recent report warning about Turkey sliding into a dictatorship under Erdoğan,...
Kavala says Turkey must comply with ECtHR rulings after new hearing in Strasbourg
Imprisoned Turkish businessman and civil society figure Osman Kavala said Turkey is constitutionally required to comply with rulings from the European Court of Human...
Jailed Turkish scholar and journalist Ali Ünal honored at religious freedom summit in Washington
Ali Ünal, a prominent Turkish Islamic scholar, Qur’an translator and longtime columnist for the now-closed Zaman newspaper, was honored this week at the International Religious...
Turkish prosecutor launches investigation against US’ Bharara, Kim, others
The İstanbul Chief Prosecutor’s Office has launched an investigation into the Acting US Attorney for the Southern District of New York (SDNY) re, former...
More academics, people sent to jail as part of Turkey’s post-coup witch hunt
More people including 14 academics from Eskisehir Osmangazi University (ESOGÜ) have been jailed as part of a post-coup witch hunt campaign targeting the Gülen...
Erdoğan says naysayers risk afterlife as well
Waging a nonstop “yes” campaign ahead of a referendum on April 16 on the switch to an executive presidency, Turkey's political Islamist President Recep...
Turkish gov’t detains 47 non-commissioned officers over alleged links to Gülen movement
The number of non-commissioned military officers detained by Turkish government as part of its massive post-coup witch hunt campaign targeting the alleged members of...
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...