Turkish gang leader Peker given ‘most benevolent businessman’ award by Milliyet daily
Sedat Peker, a convicted gang leader and staunch supporter of Turkey's autocratic President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, has been given the “most benevolent businessman” award...
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,...
Turkey’s Alevis worried by their homes in Malatya neighborhood marked red
Fear have been raised in Turkey's Malatya province after the doors of several homes in an Alevi neighborhood were “marked” red in the early...
Main opposition CHP asks for parliamentary investigation into attack on party leader
Turkey’s main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) has submitted a request to the parliamentary Research Commission concerning an attack on party leader Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu...
Wife of abducted Ümit Horzum says so scared of that if something happens to...
Aynur Horzum, the wife of Ümit Horzum, who was kidnapped on December 6, 2017 cried out on the government's and people's indifference about his...
US Special Counsel Mueller investigating Kushner’s ties with Erdoğan’s family
Jared Kushner, the son-in-law of and special advisor to US President Donald Trump, is being investigated over his foreign links to a number of...
Pro-Kurdish HDP deputies attacked by AKP deputies at Turkish Parliament over Afrin debate
Deputies from Turkey's pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) were attacked, with two sustaining injuries, during a Wednesday session at the Turkish Parliament when one...
Ankara Governor’s Office bans LGBT film festival, draws ire
The German Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transsexual (LGBT) Film Days which was due to run tomorrow in Turkish Capital Ankara, has been banned by...
Turkish man self-immolated in front of municipality due to joblessness
Mustafa Birgül, an unemployed Turkish man, set himself on fire in front of a district municipality in Balıkesir province on Monday. It was reported...
Turkish gov’t increases budget for religious education by 68 pct in 2018
The Turkish government led by President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has vastly expanded the number of İmam Hatip (cleric-preacher) schools (İHL) from 450 to 4,500...
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...