Head of Amnesty International visits jailed Turkey director in infamous Silivri Prison
Amnesty International Secretary General Salil Shetty has eventually visited the international rights group’s jailed Turkey director İdil Eser and called for her release, along...
Newspaper subscription, school enrollment not terrorist activity, says Turkey’s top appeals court
Turkey’s Supreme Court of Appeals has reversed a lower court ruling that sentenced a defendant to prison on terrorism charges for buying a subscription...
Conditions in Ankara’s Sincan Prison inhumane, says Turkish Parliament sub-committee
Inmates are suffering from freezing temperatures, foul drinking water, poor treatment and the negative effects of the COVID-19 pandemic in Ankara's Sincan Prison, said...
Mother fears military cadets arrested on coup charges will be killed in prison
The mother of one of the military cadets who were jailed on coup charges in the aftermath of a failed military coup in July...
Turkish court rules to jail Kurdish journalist Sıddık Damar
Sıddık Damar, a reporter for the now-closed pro-Kurdish Dicle news agency (DİHA), was arrested by a Turkish court in İstanbul on Wednesday over his...
58 passengers denied flights from Istanbul to US in four days
58 people have been unable to depart from Istanbul’s Atatürk Airport over the last four days due to U.S. President Donald Trump’s executive order prohibiting immigrants...
177 detained in less than a week as part of crackdown on Kurds ahead...
One hundred seventy-seven people were detained in several investigations in less than a week as part of a crackdown on Kurds ahead of a...
Students detained over Gülen links questioned about phone contacts, int’l travel history
Twenty-four female students who were briefly detained due to their alleged links to the Gülen movement were questioned regarding their phone contacts and travel...
President Erdoğan: We will take social media under control
Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan announced on July 1 that he and his government would take social media platforms under control, Turkish media reported.
Delivering...
Detainees subjected to torture in Turkish police custody
Members of the Gülen movement who were arrested for allegedly “spreading COVID-19 across Turkey” were subjected to torture and ill treatment in police detention...
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...