Another child succumbs to cancer without saying goodbye to his jailed father
Seven-year-old Selman Çalışkan succumbed to brain cancer on Saturday without being able to see his father, a teacher jailed on bogus terrorism charges, one...
Turkey winds down earthquake rescue as Blinken pledges fresh US aid
Turkey on Sunday said rescue efforts following last week’s devastating earthquake had ended in all but two provinces as visiting US Secretary of State...
Turkish government complicit in IS’s massacre of Yazidi population in Syria and Iraq, says...
A recent report drafted by human rights lawyers in the United Kingdom has revealed that the Turkish government was complicit in the so-called Islamic...
Turkey’s top court finds discrimination in denial of retirement payment to dismissed civil servant
Turkey’s Constitutional Court has ruled that a former public servant was subjected to unlawful discrimination when he was denied a retirement payment following his...
Turkey again fails to implement GRECO anti-corruption recommendations
A report released on Thursday by the Group of States against Corruption (GRECO), the Council of Europe’s anti-corruption organization, has shown once again Turkey’s failure to...
Punitive actions by Turkey against anti-gov’t media at record high: report
Turkey’s Radio and Television Supreme Council (RTÜK) has imposed a record number of punitive measures against anti-government TV and radio stations in the two...
Book of poetry by jailed Kurdish politician banned for promoting ‘terrorism’
A Turkish court has banned the publication, distribution and sale of a poetry book written by a Kurdish politician who has been behind bars...
RSF: Turkey is the world’s biggest jailer of professional journalists
Turkey has moved up three places to 154th in Reporters Without Borders' (RSF) 2020 World Press Freedom Index, which examines the status of press...
Turkish police, gendarmerie commit abuses in earthquake zone: rights groups
Turkish law enforcement officers in the region devastated by earthquakes in early February have beaten, tortured and otherwise ill-treated people they suspect of theft...
Special units responsible for enforced disappearances: Human Rights Association
Special units organized within the state apparatus are responsible for enforced disappearances in Turkey, and they should be thoroughly investigated by parliament, the Human...
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...