Secret Turkish police document shows monitoring of Gülen-linked activities in the Netherlands: report
A confidential Turkish police document cited in a new legal report shows that Turkish authorities monitored activities linked to the faith-based Gülen movement in...
Earthquake victims in southeastern Turkey living in despair and hopelessness
Seven months after two devastating earthquakes destroyed thousands of homes in southeastern Hatay province, victims say they are living in despair and hopelessness, the...
Erdoğan orders shutdown of university linked to political rival: report
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has ordered the closure of a university in İstanbul linked to a rival and former prime minister, according to...
Turkish intelligence agency MIT got away with illegal wiretapping of prominent journalist
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A panel of judges acquitted Turkey’s National Intelligence Organization (MIT) of falsifying documents in order to illegally wiretap the telephone of Turkish journalist,...
Man attempts to torch gate of Armenian church in İstanbul
A man attempted to set fire to the gate of the Dznunt Surp Asdvadzadzni Church in İstanbul’s Bakırköy district on Friday morning, according to...
Czech court releases former PYD leader Muslim despite Turkey’s extradition request
A Czech court on Tuesday released Salih Muslim, the former co-chairperson of the Syrian Kurdish Democratic Union Party (PYD), who was detained and subsequently...
A Turkish diplomat couple disappears in Greek city of Thessaloniki
A Turkish diplomat couple working in Greece has disappeared, state-run Anadolu news agency reported by basing on an anonymous diplomatic source on Saturday by...
Turkey’s daily Cumhuriyet fires columnist Nuray Mert over ideological differences
Academic Nuray Mert has been fired from the Cumhuriyet daily, for which she has been writing columns since April 2015, for not complying with...
Japan, Pakistan, NATO cooperate to transport relief supplies to quake survivors in Turkey
Upon a request from Turkey and NATO, Japan has decided to dispatch a military aircraft for the transportation of emergency relief supplies from Pakistan...
YouTubers face up to four-and-a-half years over joke about the Prophet Muhammad
Turkish prosecutors have filed an indictment demanding prison sentences of up to four-and-a-half years for a YouTube program host and his guest, who were...
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...