Turkey’s top court orders gov’t to pay damages to complainant in torture case, reinvestigate...
Turkey’s Constitutional Court has ruled in favor of an applicant who claimed he had faced torture and inhuman treatment in prison in 2018 and...
3 die by suicide over depression caused by Turkey’s post-coup purge
Three people in Turkey died by suicide on the same day, reportedly as a result of depression caused by actions of the Turkish government,...
Photographs of deputy police inspector who died in prison quarantine show criminal neglect
Photos of former deputy policy inspector Mustafa Kabakçıoğlu, 44, who died in a quarantine cell in prison on August 29, have been revealed by...
Turkey jails mother over acts ruled non-criminal by European court
The Turkish mother of a 4-year-old girl was jailed after a conviction based on activities allegedly linked to the faith-based Gülen movement that Europe’s...
Journalist Yalçın arrested in Diyarbakır
Turkish journalist Nurcan Yalçın was arrested by a court of law on Monday, after her detention by police last Friday, Turkish media reported.
Yalçın was...
Turkish court releases police chief arrested for alleged theft of Feb. 6 earthquake aid
A Turkish court has released a police chief who was arrested for allegedly stealing assistance intended for survivors of earthquakes that devastated southeastern Turkey...
Opposition, artists, rights groups accuse gov’t of criminalizing satire after comedian’s arrest
Rights groups, opposition leaders and figures from Turkey’s arts scene rallied behind comedian Deniz Göktaş on Friday, accusing authorities of using pretrial detention to...
Garibe Gezer, found dead in her cell, was beaten and sexually harassed by prison...
Haşim Gezer, the brother of Garibe Gezer, who was found dead in a prison cell in December, said his sister was beaten and sexually...
25 more arrested, acting mayor investigated in widening corruption probe linked to İmamoğlu
An İstanbul court has ordered the arrest of 25 more people and launched an investigation into İstanbul’s acting mayor as part of an expanding...
Turkey jails activist protesting land survey for coal mine project in Muğla
A Turkish court on Tuesday ordered the pretrial detention of local activist Esra Işık for protesting a land survey linked to a coal mine...
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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...