TurkStat: Newspaper, magazine circulation falls in Turkey in 2017
Turkey's statistics authority TurkStat announced on Thursday that the annual circulation of newspapers and magazines in the country last year fell 2,6 percent year-on-year,...
Turkey’s opposition vow to resist against Erdoğan’s intensifying oppression
The leaders of Turkish opposition parties have harshly reacted the Sunday government decree enforcing a one-color uniform on all prisoners across Turkey and also brought immunity...
İSİG: At least 2,006 workers lost their lives at workplaces across Turkey in 2017
At least 2,006 workers lost their lives at their workplaces across Turkey in 2017, according to a report released by the Laborer Health and Occupational...
Amnesty poll shows 82 percent of Turks believe human rights are under attack
More than 82 percent of the Turkish public thinks that people’s rights and freedoms are being violated, according to a poll conducted by MetroPoll...
Demirtaş’s attorney named lawyer of the week by The Times
Reyhan Yalçındağ Baydemir, one of the lawyers for Selahattin
Demirtaş, a jailed Kurdish politician in Turkey, has been selected as
lawyer of the week...
MEDEL presents Judge Arslan as nominee for Vaclav Havel Human Rights Prize
Magistrats Européens pour la Démocratie et les Libertés (MEDEL) has presented before the Council of Europe (CoE) the application of Judge Murat Arslan, the...
Minister Varank: Turkish gov’t has dismissed 1,289 TÜBİTAK personnel over links to Gülen movement
The Turkish government has dismissed 1,289 employees of the Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey (TÜBİTAK) over their alleged links to the Gülen movement,...
European Union slams Turkish gov’t over arrest of peace activist Osman Kavala
The European Union has criticized the arrest of Osman Kavala, a prominent businessman and activist, on terror charges, reiterating its call on the Turkish...
Woman, child, accountant, groom are new victims of witch hunt under Turkey’s state of...
Turkey has become a stage of enormous human rights violations under a state of emergency declared by the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP)...
Turkey’s top court rejects delay to HDP closure ruling
Turkey’s top court has rejected a pro-Kurdish opposition party’s request to defer until after May elections a trial that could end in the party’s...
Latest Reports
UN Findings on Turkey’s Crackdown on the Gülen Movement: Widespread and Systematic Rights Violations...
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This report analyzes UN findings on Turkey’s post-2016 counterterrorism measures targeting people with alleged links to the faith-based Gülen movement.
Drawing on opinions of...
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...