Lahore High Court asks Pakistani gov’t to ensure protection of Turkish citizens
The Lahore High Court (LHC) on Friday ordered the authorities to ensure protection of Turk citizens living in Pakistan, reported by The News on Friday. The...
Sgt. Daş, who Turkish gov’t labeled as a traitor for 2 years after his...
The name of Sgt. Ferhat Daş, a Turkish tank commander who chose to die by suicide rather than open fire on civilians during a...
Kılıçdaroğlu says his party has concerns about election security, does not trust YSK
Leader of Turkey’s main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) and presidential candidate Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu has said his party does not trust Turkey’s Supreme Board...
Turkey blocked 27,304 social media accounts in first four months of 2025: minister
Turkey’s interior minister said on Wednesday 27,304 social media accounts had been blocked in the first four months of 2025 as part of the...
Israeli Ambassador Na’eh: We have no evidence that Gülen movement behind coup attempt in...
Eitan Na'eh, Israeli Ambassador to Ankara, has stated that they have no evidence that the Gülen movement was behind the controversial coup attempt on...
Turkish court arrests student for receiving money from relatives abroad
Esengül Arslan, a 23-year-old nursing student in Istanbul, was arrested on Friday for receiving funds sent by her relatives abroad, which Turkish authorities have...
Turkish prisons at 16 percent overcapacity: report
Turkish prisons are holding 49,518 more prisoners than their overall capacity, Bold Medya reported, citing the latest data from the Directorate General of Prisons...
Top court finds no rights violation in ban on 2016 gay pride march in...
Turkey’s Constitutional Court has ruled that the government did not violate the right to peaceful assembly by banning a gay pride march in Ankara...
Dismissed civil servant barred by authorities from attending public course
Nebi Toylak, a former public school teacher summarily fired by the Turkish government in the aftermath of an abortive putsch in July 2016, was...
Turkish gov’t detains dozens of academics, military officers and more over alleged Gülen links
Turkish government has detained dozens of on-duty military officers and civilians including numbers of academics on Friday as part of its massive post-coup witch...
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...