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...
UN body asks Turkey to compensate businessman arrested, tortured in post-coup crackdown
The United Nations’ Working Group on Arbitrary Detention (WGAD), which works under UN Human Rights Council, has called on Turkish government to compensate a...
JWF expresses concerns over extra-judicial executions of high profile detainees in Turkish prisons
The Gülen movement-affiliated Journalists and Writers Foundation (JWF), which is based in New York, has expressed its concerns on "the clear trend of increasingly...
Wife accuses Turkey’s intel of abducting her husband, files a complaint with top court
Emine Özben whose husband was abducted in Ankara two months ago took her case to the Turkish Constitutional Court (AYM) by filing a complaint...
Report: Maltreatment, torture in Turkish prisons continue unabated
A report prepared by the Prison Commission of the Platform for Free Lawyers (ÖHP) has revealed that torture, maltreatment and rights violations are continuing...
Turkish court sentences British citizen to 7 years for fighting with Kurds against ISIL
A Turkish court has reportedly sentenced to prison a British citizen who joined Kurdish forces battling radical Islamist terror organization the Islamic State in...
Turkey’s Kırşehir Governor Şentürk vows to occupy Mosul and Jerusalem
Necati Şentürk, the governor of Turkey's Kırşehir province, who was appointed by the Justice and Development Party (AKP) government led by autocratic Turkish President...
Declaration signed by 180 journalists and academics condemns Turkey’s ‘racist’ media
One hundred eighty journalists and academics have signed a joint declaration condemning Turkish media for publishing racist news about Syrian refugees, the t24 news...
Twisting his stance Turkey’s Erdoğan says he wants better ties with EU, Germany
By twisting his traditional hostile stance against the western world Turkish autocratic President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has expressed hope for good relations with the...
Gov’t turns Turkey’s leading science college into religious school, mosque
Yamanlar College, a private school established by educators affiliated with the Gülen movement in the western province of İzmir, has been turned into 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...