Turkey blocks thousands of social media accounts over alleged links to Gülen movement
Turkish authorities have blocked access to 3,679 social media accounts they allege were connected to the faith-based Gülen movement during a seven-month digital enforcement...
280 former lawmakers quit CHP to back Özel’s new opposition movement
A total of 280 former lawmakers from Turkey’s main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) announced on Monday that they were resigning to support the...
Turkey investigates journalists over report alleging CHP used paid extras at ceremony
Turkish prosecutors have launched an investigation following a criminal complaint against journalists over a report alleging that hundreds of people were paid to pose...
Turkey arrested at least 6 journalists in second quarter of 2026: report
Turkish courts sentenced six journalists to a combined seven-and-a-half years in prison during the second quarter of 2026, according to a media monitoring report...
Turkey’s media regulator investigates Sözcü TV after anchor calls Syria’s Sharaa a ‘killer’ and...
Turkey’s broadcast regulator on Friday opened an investigation into remarks on government-critical broadcaster Sözcü TV that described Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa as a “killer”...
Turkey detains 128, jails 51 over alleged Gülen movement links
Turkish security forces have detained 128 people in raids across 22 provinces and jailed 51 of them pending trial over alleged links to the...
Newly published statement details Turkish woman’s police abuse allegations
A 51-page court statement submitted by a Turkish woman imprisoned on a conviction of alleged links to the faith-based Gülen movement came to light...
Turkey declines to guarantee free speech protections for COP31 participants as arrests of activists...
The mass detentions of environmental volunteers ahead of the July 7-8 NATO summit in Ankara are raising critical questions over civil liberties, protest rights and...
Victims denied justice over 1993 arson attack that killed 35 at Alevi festival in...
Turkey’s Constitutional Court ruled Thursday that the state failed to pursue justice in the case of a 1993 arson attack by a mob that killed 35...
European lawmakers, rights advocates urge Turkey to include Gülen movement in any amnesty
A group of 54 lawmakers, legal experts, academics and human rights advocates has urged Turkey to ensure that any amnesty connected to its renewed...
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...