Turkish police detain pro-Kurdish HDP politicians including former deputy in Ankara
Turkish police detained six executives of the pro-Kurdish Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP), including the HDP's former Şanlıurfa deputy İbrahim Binici, in Ankara on Saturday...
American media likens questioning of Turkish police Korkmaz in New York court to McCarthyism
American media has likened the caustic questioning of Hüseyin Korkmaz, the former deputy head of the İstanbul Police Financial Crime Department, by a defense attorney...
Case of pro-Kurdish HDP’s Demirtaş in limbo over disagreement between Turkish courts
A case into imprisoned pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) co-chair Selahattin Demirtaş has not been processed due to a disagreement between the courts. The...
The Times resembles Erdoğan to Stalin and Hitler in its leading article
"The mass arrests of Turkish police underline the paranoia of Erdoğan’s ambitions," wrote prestigious English daily The Times in a leading article on Tuesday and...
Prosecutor recommends up to 15 years in prison for teacher abducted from Kenya
A Turkish prosecutor has recommended that a teacher who was forcibly returned from Kenya to Turkey last year due to his affiliation with the...
Purge victim not allowed to obtain passport despite recommendation by ombudsman
Sait Güney, one of the more than 130,000 civil servants who were removed from their jobs as part of a purge carried out following...
Turkey’s Erdoğan slams Europe over ‘headscarf ban’
Turkish autocratic President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on Friday strongly criticized European countries over headscarf bans, the state-run Anadolu news agency reported.
“The headscarf ban is...
Turkish gov’t prosecutes 146 people over social media posts in a week
The Turkish government has investigated 281 social media accounts and taken legal action against 146 users over the last week (Aug.20-Aug. 27) on accusations...
ECtHR fines Turkey for violating Alevis’ freedom of faith
Turkey has been ordered to pay 54,400 euros in damages by the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) to the Cem Foundation for violating...
HRW: Terrorism trials in Turkey lack compelling evidence
Human Rights Watch (HRW) said in a report released on Thursday that many terrorism trials in Turkey lack compelling evidence of criminal activity or...
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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...