13-year-old Kurd placed under travel ban, judicial supervision despite suffering racist attack
A court in İstanbul has imposed judicial supervision measures and a travel ban on a 13-year-old Kurdish teenager in a case concerning an alleged...
Syrian refugee teen physically assaulted in southern Turkey
A 15-year-old Syrian refugee was brutally beaten by the family of a friend over a game dispute in the southern province of Gaziantep, the...
Jailed MP’s lawyers file third application with top court in new episode of crisis
The lawyers for a jailed opposition lawmaker have petitioned Turkey’s Constitutional Court for a third time claiming rights violations in the continued incarceration of...
Academic critical of Erdoğan feared arrest, deportation to Turkey during Malaysia visit
Dr. Ahmet T. Kuru, a Turkish-American academic and critic of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, has said he was harassed by policemen in Kuala...
Top court finds rights violation in access ban on Ekşi Sözlük forum
Turkey’s Constitutional Court has found a violation of freedom of expression in an access ban on popular social media platform Ekşi Sözlük imposed in...
Former top court member sent to prison over Gülen links
A former member of Turkey’s highest administrative court, the Council of State, has been sent to prison to serve a sentence due to his...
Former Zaman daily editor says he is in prison only due to journalistic activities
Journalist Mehmet Kamış, the former deputy editor-in-chief of the now-closed Zaman newspaper in Turkey who was arrested in November, has said his journalistic activities...
Turkey’s top court annuls article enabling internet censorship
Turkey’s Constitutional Court on Wednesday annulled a controversial article of law that authorized the government to remove or restrict access to online content on...
Prison administrations neglect health of Kurdish inmates on hunger strikes: report
Kurdish inmates on hunger strikes in 11 prisons across Turkey are faced with neglect and arbitrary restrictions by prison administrations, the Artı Gerçek news...
Turkish courts arrested 27 journalists in 2023: report
Journalists in Turkey made 563 court appearances in 2023, with the courts arresting 27 out of 72 journalists who were detained by law enforcement,...
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Turkey's political opposition faced intensifying pressure in 2025, with the judiciary emerging as the primary instrument for targeting dissenting voices. The most far-reaching measures...
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Turkey's record on torture and ill-treatment continued to deteriorate in 2025, despite its commitments under international human rights conventions.
Throughout the year human rights organizations...
Turkey’s Transnational Repression: 2025 in Review
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During the year Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan continued to relentlessly pursue anyone with alleged links with the faith-based Gülen movement, which he described...
Women’s rights in Turkey: 2025 in Review
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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...