Erdoğan files lawsuit against opposition MP for calling him ‘top Gülen member’
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has filed a lawsuit against a main opposition party politician who recently referred to him as the top member...
Prominent social security expert given suspended sentence over Gülen links
A Turkish court has handed down a suspended sentence of three years, 45 days to Ali Tezel, a journalist and social security expert, due...
1 worker died every 4 hours in occupational accident in Turkey in 2021: report
Turkey recorded 2,170 deaths in work-related accidents in 2021, according to a report by the Workers’ Health and Work Safety Assembly (İSİG), the Turkish...
Prison administration bans jailed Kurdish leader’s novel for ‘obscenity’
A prison administration in northwestern Turkey has refused to give a novel written by a jailed Kurdish politician to an inmate on the grounds...
İstanbul mayor appears in court on charges of insulting election officials
İstanbul Mayor Ekrem İmamoğlu appeared at the first hearing of his trial at an İstanbul court on Monday on charges of insulting election officials...
Former court clerk who perished while fleeing Turkey’s crackdown laid to rest on Greek...
Nurdan Şenocak Gündüz, 34, a former court clerk who died with her husband while trying to flee to Greece, was laid to rest on...
Top court orders gov’t to compensate outlets over ban on access to publications
Turkey’s Constitutional Court has ruled in favor of seven opposition media outlets, the access to whose reports and a column was blocked, ordering the...
Peace academic says top court was ‘too little, too late’ to find rights violation...
One of the academics who were fired for signing a peace declaration in 2016 has said a decision by Turkey’s Constitutional Court, which ruled...
Torture and Inhuman Treatment in Turkey: 2021 in Review
Turkey has experienced a marked resurgence of torture and ill-treatment in custody over the past six years and especially since a coup attempt on...
Turkey seeks up to 20 years for opposition politician jailed on espionage charges
Turkish prosecutors are seeking a prison sentence of up to 20 years for defense analyst and Democracy and Progress Party (DEVA) politician Metin Gürcan,...
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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...