Local journalist briefly detained for reporting on sexual harassment of child in SE Turkey
A local journalist has been briefly detained for sharing a video of an elderly man sexually harassing a 2-year-old girl in Turkey’s southeastern Şanlıurfa...
Turkey recalls spying Diyanet imams from Germany
As a result of investigations into imams who spied on Gülen movement sympathizers in Germany, Turkey has decided to recall some of the imams...
Aggravated life sentence sought for comedian jailed over alleged Gülen links
An indictment prepared by the Ankara Chief Public Prosecutor’s Office seeks an aggravated life sentence and additional jail sentence of up to 10 years...
US senators urge Trump to demand Turkey’s Erdoğan respect human rights
A group of US senators led by John McCain, chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee, and Bob Menendez, a member of the Senate...
Erdoğan’s most favorite columnist: Vatican uses ‘evicted jinns in intelligence services’
Radical Islamist Yeni Akit daily's columnist Abdurrahman Dilipak, who is knwon as one of the most favorite columnist of Turkey's autocratic President and Justice...
Detention warrants issued for 90 military members over Gülen links
The Tekirdağ Prosecutor’s Office has issued detention warrants for 90 soldiers of various ranks as part of a witch-hunt targeting people claimed to have...
Greece says Turkish gov’t may be holding 2 soldiers for political gain
Greece said on Monday that Turkey appeared to be seeking some political leverage by continuing to hold two of its soldiers without trial for...
Turkey had 2nd highest incarceration rate in Europe in 2021: CoE annual report
Turkey had the second-highest prison population rate of the 47 Council of Europe (CoE) member states as of January 2021, with 325 prisoners per...
Jailed woman exposes brutal treatments in Turkey’s prison
A 9-month pregnant woman who has been given a six-month suspended prison sentence has revealed the systematic patterns of maltreatment and repression in Turkish...
Some 300 newspapers, printing houses shut down due to rising paper costs in Turkey
Around 300 local newspapers and printing houses have closed their doors in Turkey due to increases in the price of paper as a result...
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...