Undersecretary of Justice Ministry: Turkish gov’t to build more than 50 prisons for Gülen...
Kenan İpek, the Undersecretary of Turkey's Justice Ministry, has stated that Turkish government is building more than 50 new prisons for the alleged members...
Turkey’s top doctor and human rights activist Fincancı convicted in chemical weapons trial
A Turkish court has convicted Şebnem Korur Fincancı, the president of the Turkish Medical Association and a renowned human rights activist, of disseminating “terrorist...
Police officer convicted of killing teenager with armored vehicle given reduced sentence due to...
A police officer identified only by the initials S.K. was given a reduced sentence of four years, five months and 10 days for the...
Newspaper removes op-ed claiming Turkey asked US to halt Halkbank probes in exchange for...
The pro-government Hürriyet daily on Saturday removed from its website a column claiming that two separate investigations targeting Turkey’s Halkbank are being conducted in...
Boğaziçi University students detained after protesting government-appointed rector
Turkish authorities on Tuesday morning detained 16 university students who protested the government's decision to appoint Melih Bulu as rector of Boğaziçi University, Turkish...
Twitter suspends more than 7,000 state-linked Turkish accounts
Twitter has suspended 7.340 fake and compromised state-linked accounts in Turkey that were targeting domestic audiences and promoting narratives favorable to the ruling Justice...
HRW calls on Turkey to suspend time limit on refugees’ travel outside quake zone
Turkey’s arbitrary decision to give refugees living in the provinces affected by the February 6, 2023 earthquakes only 60 days outside the region leaves...
Kurdish-German singer arrested by Turkish court on terrorism charges
Hozan Cane, a German-Kurdish singer who had been performing at campaign events ahead of Sunday's elections, has been arrested by a Turkish court on terrorism-related...
Turkey detains 108 people over alleged Gülen links: minister
Turkish police have detained 108 people across 29 provinces over their alleged links to the Gülen movement, a faith-based group targeted by the government, Turkey’s...
Turkish gov’t issues detention warrants for 37 educators in Ankara over Gülen links
The Turkish government on Tuesday issued detention warrants for 37 educators as part of its massive post-coup witch hunt targeting alleged members of the...
Latest Reports
UN Findings on Turkey’s Crackdown on the Gülen Movement: Widespread and Systematic Rights Violations...
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This report analyzes UN findings on Turkey’s post-2016 counterterrorism measures targeting people with alleged links to the faith-based Gülen movement.
Drawing on opinions of...
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...