Turkish court jails CHP Ankara district mayor, 23 others in corruption investigation
A Turkish court has jailed the opposition mayor of Ankara’s Çankaya district and 23 other people pending trial in a corruption investigation targeting the...
More than 5,000 people mistreated or tortured in Turkey in 2021: report
Cases of human rights violations in Turkey last year included 5,488 incidents of torture or mistreatment, with 1,414 of them taking place in prisons,...
Turkey to auction off popular döner chain seized over Gülen links
Turkey’s state-run Savings Deposit Insurance Fund (TMSF) has announced the sale of Maydonoz Döner, one of the country’s largest fast-food chains, for a base...
Turkish court rules to keep Zaman columnist Ali Ünal in jail despite serious health...
A high criminal court in the western Turkish province of Uşak has refused to release Ali Ünal, a theologian and former columnist for the...
Worker for gov’t housing agency claims construction site authorities beat him for refusing to...
A construction worker, who worked for Turkey's Housing Development Administration (TOKI), claimed he had been beaten by worksite authorities after refusing to work overtime,...
US report says Turkey committed widespread human rights abuses in 2024
Turkey committed widespread human rights violations in 2024, including unlawful killings, torture, arbitrary detention, media censorship and transnational repression, according to a new US...
Police violence against members of anti-gov’t religious group sparks outrage
Turkish police in the southern province of Adana sparked outrage when they employed batons, plastic bullets and pepper spray in what many said was...
Turkish authorities detain 286 more people over alleged Gülen links: minister
Turkish authorities have detained 286 people and arrested 154 of them in an ongoing crackdown on the faith-based Gülen movement, Interior Minister Ali Yerlikaya...
Turkish minister applauds country’s disability policies while disabled citizens paint a different picture
Family and Social Services Minister Mahinur Özdemir Göktaş touted Turkey’s disability rights policies at a global summit in Berlin, but disabled citizens say the...
Cross-party PACE delegation pays pre-electoral visit to Turkey
A cross-party delegation of observers from the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) is paying a pre-electoral visit to Turkey April 12-13...
Latest Reports
UN Findings on Turkey’s Crackdown on the Gülen Movement: Widespread and Systematic Rights Violations...
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This report analyzes UN findings on Turkey’s post-2016 counterterrorism measures targeting people with alleged links to the faith-based Gülen movement.
Drawing on opinions of...
Human Rights in Turkey: 2025 in Review
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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
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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...
Family Punishment in Turkey: How Erdoğan Uses the Nazi Practice of Sippenhaft
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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
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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...