MİT trucks case against ultranationalist paper dropped due to statute of limitations
An İstanbul court on Thursday dropped a case against the executives of the ultranationalist Aydınlık newspaper over stories they ran in January 2014 on...
UPDATED: Journalist who interviewed harassed woman briefly detained in Ankara
The Ankara Police on Thursday briefly detained Artı Gerçek reporter Derya Okatan, who interviewed a woman allegedly harassed by a policeman during a peaceful...
2,950 online news articles censored by Turkey in 2018
Turkey censored 2,950 online news articles in 2018 according to the “BİA Media Monitoring Report 2018,” released by the Bianet news website on Tuesday.
Turkish...
Senior economy editor held in prison for a year with no evidence presented against...
Harun Reşit Çümen (44), a senior economy editor who specializes in the stock market, has been behind bars since March 7, 2018. The prosecutor...
Turkish court upholds prison sentences for staff members of Cumhuriyet daily
A regional appeals court in İstanbul on Tuesday upheld the prison sentences of 14 people including journalists, board members and media workers from the...
Twitter suspends account of closed-down pro-Kurdish newspaper
Social media company Twitter has suspended the account of Özgür Gündem, a pro-Kurdish daily that was closed down by a Turkish court in 2016...
European Parliament resolution underscores lack of domestic legal remedies in Turkey
Forty-seven Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) and 14 press freedom and free expression organizations led by the International Press Institute (IPI) and Green...
Turkish-German journalist released from jail yet faces travel ban
German-Turkish reporter Adil Demirci has been released from an İstanbul prison after 10 months behind bars, but the court has prohibited the 33-year-old from...
Journalist Salih Turan arrested on terrorism charges
Turkish journalist Salih Turan was arrested by a court on Wednesday on charges of alleged membership in a terrorist group, the Artı Gerçek news website...
Exiled journalist’s wife: I am held hostage in Turkey
Dilek Türker Dündar, the wife of exiled Turkish journalist Can Dündar, complained about the human rights violations she has faced in Turkey since her...
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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...