Turkish gov’t issues detention warrants for 121 women on Int’l Women’s Day over alleged...
The İstanbul Chief Public Prosecutor’s Office issued detention warrants on International Women’s Day for 121 women over alleged links to the faith-based Gülen movement,...
Victims of Madımak Massacre commomerated on 24th anniversary in Turkey’s Sivas province
The Sivas Massacre, an arson attack staged by radical Islamists on mostly Alevi intellectuals inside the Madımak Hotel that killed 33 intellectuals and two hotel personnel,...
COMMENTARY – Al-Qaeda and ISIL outfits operate in Turkey under charity cover
By Abdullah Bozkurt
Two front aid groups that operate in Turkey’s southeastern border provinces near Syria, led by known militants of al-Qaeda and the Islamic...
Turkey sends note of protest to Germany over anti-Erdoğan installation
Turkey sent a diplomatic note to Germany on Tuesday protesting an installation by artist Philipp Ruch depicting Turkey's autocratic President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan along...
Report: 226 women killed by men across Turkey in first half of 2017
A report released by the Umut Foundation has revealed that 226 women were killed by men in the first six months of 2017 across Turkey.
Drawing...
Turkey’s Erdoğan claims US has no respect for the law
Turkish autocratic President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on Wednesday continued targeting the United States over the conviction in a New York court of Turkish banker...
PACE warns reinstatement of death penalty incompatible with CoE membership
General Rapporteur on abolition of the death penalty for the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) Yves Cruchten has said plans by...
COMMENTARY — Journalist thrown in solitary as Erdoğan’s latest scheme unfolds
By Abdullah Bozkurt
Faced with hard facts and bitter truths that exposed his corrupt Islamist regime, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has always found a...
Roman Catholic church pastor in İstanbul seeks police protection after attack
The pastor of a Roman Catholic church in İstanbul has filed criminal complaints against the alleged perpetrators of a deadly attack on the church last month...
Lawyers: Associating the assassin of Russian envoy with Fethullah Gülen a big slander
The lawyers of US-based Turkish Muslim scholar Fethullah Gülen have stated on Tuesday that the claim of their client knows police officer Mevlüt Mert...
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...