Gov’t crackdown on critical media turning into systematic violence against journalists: report
A June report by Turkey’s Progressive Journalists Association (ÇGD) has drawn attention to a series of physical attacks targeting members of the press, saying...
Police detain people over Kurdish songs played at weddings in eastern Turkey
Turkish police raided three weddings in eastern Turkey and detained organizers, participants and production crews that were recording the events due to the Kurdish...
109 journalists appeared in court in Turkey in May, June: report
Although the number of journalists jailed in Turkey’s prisons has begun to drop, journalists continue to face legal action for doing their job, with...
Death toll of minors in Turkey’s vocational training centers rises to 9 amid safety...
The death toll of minors working in Turkey's vocational training centers, known as MESEM, has risen to nine for the 2023-2024 academic year, raising...
Turkish court considers food photo evidence of terrorist activity
A Turkish court sentenced a teacher identified only as F.K. to six years, three months’ imprisonment on conviction of membership in a terrorist organization...
Turkish police batter protesting workers outside İstanbul factory
Eight workers were hospitalized on Monday after police clashed with protesters outside a factory in Istanbul, where employees have been demonstrating for nearly two...
Prison authorities subject former HDP deputy Leyla Güven to disciplinary action for singing in...
Leyla Güven, a former deputy from the Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP), was the subject of disciplinary action for singing in Kurdish in a prison...
Turkey’s top court annuls ban on damages for civil servants dismissed after 2016 failed...
Turkey’s Constitutional Court has annulled the provision of a decree preventing civil servants dismissed under emergency decrees in the aftermath of a coup attempt...
Int’l, local rights organizations call on Turkey to observe ECtHR ruling in Kavala case
Ten international and local human rights organizations have issued a statement calling on Turkey to release jailed businessman and philanthropist Osman Kavala in line...
Turkey lowest-scoring country in Europe in internet freedoms: Freedom House
Turkey, where authorities frequently censor online content and harass individuals for their social media posts, has been ranked the lowest-scoring country in Europe for...
Latest Reports
Human Rights in Turkey: 2025 in Review
Download PDF
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
Download PDF
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
Download PDF
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
Download PDF
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...
Download PDF
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
Download PDF
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
Download PDF
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...
Hate speech and hate crimes against Syrian refugees in Turkey
Download PDF
This report focuses on the inflammatory rhetoric and illegal acts motivated by prejudice faced by refugees who fled the civil war in Syria...