Afghan migrants say Turkish border forces beat, robbed, abandoned them in snowstorm
Afghan migrants accused Turkish border forces of beating, robbing and abandoning them in freezing weather near the Iranian border, leaving 11 people with amputations...
Turkey blocks X posts carrying clips from comedian’s viral Erdoğan jokes
Turkey has blocked access to X posts carrying clips from comedian Deniz Göktaş’s viral comedy show “Ölü Deniz,” citing threats to national security and...
2,410 people subjected to police violence at protests in 2025, with cases rising in...
At least 2,410 people in Turkey were subjected to police violence during interventions in peaceful demonstrations in 2025, with cases continuing to rise in...
Turkey arrests 103 ahead of NATO summit, including environmental volunteers, journalist
A Turkish court has ordered the arrest of 103 people, including environmental volunteers, an academic, lawyers and a journalist, in sweeping security operations in Ankara...
PACE names Turkey among top perpetrators of transnational repression
The Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) has listed Turkey among the world’s top 10 perpetrators of transnational repression, while an accompanying...
Press freedom groups urge NATO to grant accreditation to critical Turkish media before Ankara...
Fifteen press freedom, freedom of expression and human rights organizations have in a letter urged NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte to reverse the denial of accreditation...
Lawyers organizations urge Turkey to release attorneys detained ahead of NATO summit
Two international lawyers organizations on Thursday called on Turkish authorities to release three attorneys detained ahead of a NATO summit in Ankara, warning that...
Turkey accused of using NATO summit to silence media, civil society
Rights groups and European politicians have accused Turkey of using next month’s NATO summit in Ankara as a pretext to silence independent media and...
Turkey’s football icon living in exile says Instagram, YouTube blocked livestreams during US match
Hakan Şükür, Turkey’s all-time leading scorer and a former lawmaker now living in exile in the United States, said Instagram and YouTube prevented him...
Turkish fathers recount children’s ordeal during post-coup crackdown
Former civil servants dismissed by emergency decrees following a 2016 coup attempt in Turkey have recounted how the government’s crackdown on the faith-based Gülen...
Latest Reports
New report exposes widespread, systematic rights violations in Turkey’s crackdown on the Gülen movement
STOCKHOLM— The Stockholm Center for Freedom today released a new report, “UN Findings on Turkey’s Crackdown on the Gülen Movement: Widespread and Systematic Rights...
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...