Torture, Inhuman Treatment and Conditions in Turkish Prisons: 2022 in Review
Turkey has experienced a marked resurgence of torture and ill-treatment in custody over the past seven years and especially since a coup attempt on...
Jailed former judge who underwent major surgery not released despite eligibility for parole
Dismissed judge Mustafa Başer, an inmate who is suffering from cancer and underwent major surgery on Tuesday, is not being released from prison despite...
Turkish appeals court upholds sentence of photojournalist who captured murder of Kurdish student in...
A Turkish appellate court on Thursday upheld the conviction of photojournalist Abdurrahman Gök, who took pictures of a university student being shot to death...
İmamoğlu faces up to 7 years in prison in new case for alleged fraud...
A Turkish court has accepted an indictment seeking a prison sentence of up to seven years for İstanbul Mayor Ekrem İmamoğlu for allegedly committing...
Top court finds rights violation in blocking of Bank Asya customer’s funds
In a landmark decision, Turkey’s Constitutional Court has ruled in favor of an applicant who claimed she was blocked from withdrawing money from her...
Germany rejects Turkey’s request for judicial assistance in trial of Kurdish singer and activist...
The Darmstadt Prosecutor General's Office denied a Turkish court's request for judicial assistance in the trial of famous singer and activist Ferhat Tunç, on...
Opposition party leader calls for release of mother of child suffering from bone cancer
Temel Karamollaoğlu, the leader of Turkey’s Islamist opposition Felicity Party (SP), on Tuesday visited a 6-year-old boy hospitalized with bone cancer and called for the...
Turkey’s top doctor and human rights activist Fincancı convicted in chemical weapons trial
A Turkish court has convicted Şebnem Korur Fincancı, the president of the Turkish Medical Association and a renowned human rights activist, of disseminating “terrorist...
Turkey issues detention warrants for 34 people over alleged ByLock use
Turkish authorities ordered the detention of 34 people on Tuesday, including teachers, nurses and active and dismissed police officers, for allegedly using the ByLock...
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Torture, Ill-treatment and Prison Conditions in Turkey: 2025 in Review
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
Turkey's campaign of transnational repression against critics abroad continued throughout 2025. Since a coup attempt in July 2016, President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s long arm...
Turkey’s Crackdown on the Gülen Movement: 2025 in Review
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
The state of women’s rights in Turkey showed no meaningful improvement in 2025, as longstanding problems persisted and new challenges emerged. Femicides, institutional failures...
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...