Germany rejects Turkish government’s request to freeze assets affiliated with Gülen movement
Germany has rejected a formal request from Turkey to freeze assets of the alleged members of the Gülen movement, Germany's Spiegel magazine reported on...
Trump says delivered ‘just about everything’ to evangelicals — except pastor Brunson
US President Donald Trump hosted a dinner of evangelical leaders at the White House Monday night and told them he has delivered “just about...
Int’l bar associations urge Turkish gov’t to release all legal professionals and journalists
Several international bar associations have urged the Turkish government led by President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan to unconditionally release and drop charges against all legal...
Ultra-nationalist MHP, an ally of Islamist Erdoğan, defines Turkey’s main opposition CHP as ‘national...
Oktay Öztürk, the deputy chairperson of Turkey's ultra-nationalist Nationalist Movement Party (MHP), which has formed an alliance with the Turkey's ruling Islamist Justice and...
Turkish gov’t detains 16 military and police officers over alleged links to Gülen movement
Turkish government has detained 16 military officers, military students and police officers in 10 provinces across Turkey on Saturday as part of its massive...
Turkish family still missing after capsized boat incident on Turkish-Greek border
Three members of Turkish family has gone missing after their boat capsized in the Evros/Meriç/Maritsa River, an incident that has already resulted in confirmed...
Post-coup purge victim says he may never be a father due to torture in...
A man jailed over alleged links to a failed coup in Turkey last July said during a recent hearing in Kırıkkale that he may...
Turkish court rules to keep jailed journalist Baransu in prison again
An İstanbul court on Wednesday ruled to keep in prison former Taraf daily journalist Mehmet Baransu, who was jailed in March 2015 after he...
Family says they don’t know whereabout of jailed visually impaired Turkish journalist Arat
The family member of the visually impaired Turkish journalist Cüneyt Arat, who has been under arrest over his alleged ties to the Gülen movement...
Germany uneasy with DİTİB’s endorsement of Turkish military’s Afrin offensive
The German government has expressed concern about the Turkish government’s efforts to exert political influence in mosques linked to the Turkish-Islamic Union for Religious...
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...