2-month-old denied breast milk for 17 days while under detention with mother
Put under detention with his mother at Ankara’s Sincan Prison, a two-month-old newborn had been denied access to breast milk for 17 days.
According to...
Yet another Kurdish mayor removed from office in Turkey’s East
Bekir Polat, mayor of the Sarıcan sub-district of the eastern Anatolian province of Elazığ, was removed from office by the Interior Ministry on June...
Turkish military hits YPG positions east of Euphrates in Syria
The Turkish military shelled People's Protection Units (YPG) positions east of the Euphrates River in Syria on Sunday.
The bombardment targeted the Zor Magar area...
UK court denies extradition request of Turkish tycoon, says case politically motivated
A British court on Wednesday denied an extradition request from Turkey for businessman Akın İpek on several charges, primarily for links to Islamic scholar...
JWF policy brief: How abusive counterterrorism laws deprived hundreds of thousands of people...
The New York-based Journalists and Writers Foundation (JWF) has called on the international community to urge the Turkish government to repeal the country’s current...
Turkish gov’t speeds up witch hunt campaign targeting alleged Gülen followers after eid pause
Turkish government has sped up its massive post-coup witch hunt campaign targeting the alleged followers of the Gülen movement following a brief pause during...
Top court says travel ban violated peace academic’s rights
Turkey’s Constitutional Court has said a travel ban imposed on one of the academics who were dismissed from their jobs for signing a peace...
3 int’l rights groups call on CoE to take action against Turkey due to...
Three international rights groups have called on the Council of Europe to start infringement proceedings against Turkey over the country’s failure to release prominent...
Report reveals 319 children have died in workplace accidents in Turkey since 2013
At least 319 children have died in workplace accidents since 2013 in Turkey, where over 2 million children are part of the labor force,...
Mavi Marmara victim files compensation suit against Turkish Finance Ministry
One of the victims of a 2010 Israeli attack on the Mavi Marmara humanitarian aid ship has filed a lawsuit for compensation against the...
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...