Rights groups urge Turkey to address decade-long impact of post-coup emergency decrees
Human rights groups have called on Turkish authorities to remedy continuing rights violations caused by emergency decrees issued after a 2016 coup attempt, saying...
Turkish lawmakers debate first bill in Kurdish peace process
Turkish lawmakers on Monday began debating a bill that would suspend prosecutions and prison sentences for some members of the outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party...
Turkey jails New Party’s provincial chair in bribery probe
A Turkish court on Saturday jailed pending trial İlksen Özalper, the opposition New Party’s provincial chair in Western Manisa province, on bribery and organized...
UN torture committee asks Turkey to respond to complaint by woman detained over Gülen...
The UN Committee Against Torture has asked Turkey to respond within six months to a complaint by Aysun Işınkaralar, who says she was tortured...
Turkey’s top court finds privacy violation in refusal to update trans man’s diploma
Turkey’s Constitutional Court has ruled that a university violated a transgender man’s right to privacy by refusing to reissue his diploma with his updated...
25 women killed by men, 31 died under suspicious circumstances in Turkey in July
Twenty-five women were killed by men in Turkey in July and 31 others died under suspicious circumstances, according to a monthly report by the...
15 detained in probe targeting opposition municipality, New Party MP’s relatives among those sought
Turkish authorities detained 15 people on Friday in a third phase of a corruption investigation targeting the opposition-run Kuşadası Municipality, while prosecutors issued detention...
Turkish government using AI tool to predict alleged ‘terrorist group’ links
Turkey’s justice ministry is deploying artificial intelligence to scrutinize legal documents for associations with groups designated as terrorists by Ankara, a practice that experts...
Turkey’s top court finds 76 free speech violations in six months
Turkey’s Constitutional Court found that the right to freedom of expression had been violated in 76 cases during the first half of 2026, according...
Turkey blocked access to at least 659 online items linked to Pride events, NATO...
Turkish authorities blocked access to at least 659 online accounts, posts, mobile applications and websites related to İstanbul Pride events and protests against a...
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...