Turkish court arrests 6 people abducted by MİT in Kosovo
A Turkish court on Wednesday evening arrested six people who were abducted in Kosovo and brought back to Turkey by its notorious National Intelligence Organisation...
Turkish gov’t allows jailed father to attend son’s funeral only with handcuffs
Jailed father of Berk Görmez, a 14-year-old boy who died of intestinel cancer last week, could attend his son’s funeral only with his hands...
Outlawed Hizb ut-Tahrir to hold Caliphate conference in Turkey
Hizb ut-Tahrir (the Party of Liberation), an outlawed religious organization that was banned in Turkey because of violence, plans the hold a caliphate conference...
US Secretary Tillerson: Turkey continues to limit rights of religious minorities
US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson on Tuesday slammed Turkey for continuing to limit the human rights of members of some religious minority groups.
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Turkish police wait to detain Feyza Yaylacı shortly after her delivery of a premature...
Turkish police have been reportedly waiting in front of a door of a patient's room at Memorial Hospital in Ankara, where Feyza Yaylacı has...
Turkish gov’t detains 75 militants as court releases top ISIL suspect
Turkish police have arrested at least 75 people over suspected links to the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) in Ankara and...
Increasing individual armament in Turkey leads to 1,575 deaths in 2017
At least 1,575 people have lost their lives in 2,525 firearm incidents this year until September 22, 2017 according to a report released by...
Supreme court member: If Erdoğan were to leave, Turkey would be like Saddam, Gaddafi’s...
Abdullah Yaman, a member of Turkey’s Supreme Court of Appeals, has claimed that a US indictment naming former Turkish Economy Minister Mehmet Zafer Çağlayan...
Turkish gov’t detains dozens over alleged links to Gülen movement on Tuesday
Turkish government has detained dozens of people on Tuesday in several provinces in Turkey as part of its massive post-coup witch hunt campaign targeting...
Turkey’s pro-Kurdish HDP: Party member abducted by masked gunmen
Turkey's pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) member and businessman Kamil Acar was abducted by masked gunmen in Diyarbakır province on Thursday night according to...
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...