Turkish communication authority to have power to block social media on national security grounds
A new draft regulation would give Turkey’s top telecom authority the power to block access to social media platforms like Facebook, X, WhatsApp and...
Trust in news in Turkey plunges to lowest level in a decade, Oxford study...
Trust in news in Turkey has plunged to its lowest level since 2015, while a pro-government outlet has become the least trusted media organization...
Social media restrictions persist in Turkey after police blockade of CHP İstanbul office
Access to social media and messaging platforms in Turkey remained severely restricted on Monday, more than 12 hours after police blockaded the İstanbul headquarters...
Turkey investigates journalists, blocks access to reports on suspicious death of female student
Turkish authorities have opened investigations into journalists reporting on the suspicious death in 2024 of university student Rojin Kabaiş and have blocked access to...
Turkey puts journalist on trial over article on Armenian genocide
Journalist Tuğçe Yılmaz, editor of the Bianet news website, appeared in an İstanbul court on Tuesday on charges of “insulting the Turkish nation and...
Turkey extends custody of Kurdish journalist detained while reporting
Turkish authorities have extended the custody of Kurdish journalist Nedim Oruç, who was detained on Wednesday while covering protests in southeastern Turkey, the Mezopotamya...
Turkish cartoonist detained over alleged insult of President Erdoğan
Turkish cartoonist Öznur Kalender has been detained on accusations of insulting President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan in a cartoon, the Halk TV news website reported.
Kalender...
Turkey investigates journalist over alleged disclosure of confidential state report
Turkish prosecutors have opened an investigation into a journalist over the alleged disclosure of a confidential state report in a 2022 article, following a...
Press groups urge Turkey to release journalist before court hearing
The International Press Institute, the Committee to Protect Journalists, the European Federation of Journalists and other press freedom and human rights groups have called on Turkey...
British lawmakers urge May gov’t to act for oppressed journalists in Turkey
As the British Prime Minister Theresa May and her government have not hesitated to visit, to negotiate, to give support and to give a...
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...