Human rights in Turkey: 2020 in review
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This report highlights the most important developments in the area of human rights in Turkey during the year 2020. Rising pressure on the...
Turkey’s Abuse of INTERPOL: How Erdoğan Weaponized the International Criminal Police Organization for Transnational...
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This report focuses on how the Turkish government, under President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, has abused INTERPOL in a number of ways.
The Erdoğan government has...
Mass Torture And Ill-Treatment In Turkey
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- Mass torture in Turkey under the spell of nationalism and religious zealotry
The torture, ill-treatment, abusive, inhuman and degrading treatment of people who...
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...
Tortured to Death: Holding Gökhan Açıkkollu’s Killers To Account
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- A new report uncovers a murder of detained teacher in Turkey due to torture
Deaths in detentions and prisons due to torture, abuse...
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...
Turkey’s Transnational Repression: Abuse of asset freezing mechanisms under the pretext of prevention of...
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This report focuses on how the Turkish government’s decisions to freeze assets based on the pretext of preventing the financing of terrorism have...
Freedom of the press in Turkey: Far Worse Than You Think
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- Turkey’s press freedom woes worse than you think
Almost 300 journalists in Turkey, a member state of the Council of Europe and a...
Turkey’s Descent Into Arbitrariness: The End Of Rule Of Law
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- Turkey is no longer a country governed by the rule of law
In a new report unveiled today as part of continuing series...









