Family of inmate with late stage cancer urges authorities to release him before it’s...
The family of Yusuf Özmen, a stage 4 cancer patient who remains in prison despite a hospital report saying he is almost totally disabled,...
Mother of 2 announces on Twitter she will be taken to prison with her...
A mother of two announced yesterday from an anonymous Twitter account that she was going to be sent to Ankara's Sincan Prison with her...
Turkey to deport 2 Syrian refugees for threatening, denigrating Turkish women
Two Syrian refugees in Turkey have been detained and will be deported after footage showing them using profanities and threatening Turkish women with rape...
Press Freedom in Turkey: 2021 in Review
The Turkish government continued to muzzle the press in 2021 in a variety of ways, including imprisoning journalists and using regulatory authorities to exert...
Court releases assailant who staged attack at HDP office in İstanbul
An İstanbul court on Monday ruled to release from detention a man who staged an attack at a pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) building...
2 men beaten by police who raided the wrong house
Two men were beaten by narcotics police in Mersin province who allegedly raided their house by mistake, Mezopotamya news agency reported on Thursday.
İsmail and...
Body in potter’s field identified as refugee thrown into river by Turkish gendarmes
A body buried in a potter’s field in İstanbul has been identified as one of the refugees who were allegedly thrown into a river...
Boğaziçi University academic says he was fired over a tweet
Can Candan, a former faculty member at İstanbul’s Boğaziçi University and a documentary filmmaker, has said he was informed that his dismissal from the...
Turkish far-right group beat Afghan man and shared video on social media
A new Turkish far-right group shared a video on social media yesterday showing one of their members beating an Afghan refugee in an apparent...
Reactions mount as AKP gov’t accused of favoritism in appointment of teachers
Turkey’s ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) has been accused of favoritism in the appointment of public school teachers, with thousands of candidates saying...
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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...
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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...
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Weaponized Diplomacy: How Erdoğan Uses Turkish Missions for Transnational Repression
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Human Rights in Turkey: 2024 in Review
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Throughout the year Turkey continued...
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