Woman arrested to serve sentence for conviction of Gülen links, leaving children to the...
A mother of three on Sunday was arrested to serve a sentence for conviction of links to the Gülen movement, leaving her children to...
Inmate suffering from advanced cancer in Kandıra Prison cannot receive proper healthcare
An inmate in Kocaeli Kandıra Prison with stage four stomach cancer cannot access proper healthcare and has not been taken to a hospital for...
COMMENTARY — Erdoğan and his cronies seize the wealth of critics in Turkey
By Abdullah Bozkurt
The unlawful seizure of assets of companies worth tens of billions of dollars and the confiscation of the wealth of critics of...
Erdoğan gov’t fails to cancel UN Human Rights Council event on Turkey
The Turkish government mobilized its entire diplomatic corps in both New York and Geneva to prevent a human rights debate from taking place during...
Abusive mass arrests of Turkish lawyers damage rule of law: Human Rights Watch
The abusive mass arrest of Turkish lawyers damages the rule of law and blatantly seeks to identify lawyers with the alleged crimes of their...
Turkey’s Council of Forensic Medicine sends ailing Kurdish politician back to prison after 3-day...
Turkey's Council of Forensic Medicine (ATK) on Friday sent jailed Kurdish politician Aysel Tuğluk, who suffers from dementia, back to a maximum security prison...
Activists demonstrate against high number of female inmates in Turkish prisons
Human rights activists on Tuesday staged demonstrations in several European cities protesting the high number of female prisoners in Turkish prisons, the TR724 news...
Amid a culture of impunity, courts protect people in positions of power, lawyers say
Lawyers involved in legal proceedings concerning vulnerable communities in Turkey have said the judiciary often protects people in power by granting them impunity.
Speaking to...
New report reveals unprecedented clampdown on foreign journalists in Turkey
Turkey, the most notorious country in the world in terms of jailing journalists, with 237 currently behind bars, has also come after foreign reporters...
Rights watchdogs to EU: Put respect for human rights at center of relations with...
Human Rights Watch and Amnesty International in a joint letter on Tuesday to EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Josep Borrel...
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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...
Women’s rights in Turkey: 2025 in Review
The state of women’s rights in Turkey showed no meaningful improvement in 2025, as longstanding problems persisted and new challenges emerged. Femicides, institutional failures...
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...