11-year-old girl with Down syndrome deteriorates after arrest of her mother on Gülen links
Ayşe Asude Gök, an 11-year-old girl with Down syndrome, stopped interacting with her caregivers after her mother was arrested to serve a sentence for...
Turkish social media users express outrage over mob attack on Syrians in Istanbul
Turkish social media users expressed outrage over a mob attacking the properties of Syrian refugees in İstanbul's Esenyurt district yesterday evening with the hashtag...
Top court orders gov’t to pay damages to 166 for suffering from lengthy judicial...
Turkey’s Constitutional Court has ruled in favor of 166 people who had delayed access to justice due to lengthy judicial proceedings, ordering the government...
Migration experts say majority of Syrians do not want to go home in response...
Following Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan's announcement last week that his government is working on a new project to ensure the “voluntary” return home...
Mother and daughter allegedly subjected to strip-search in Amasya prison while visiting family member
The mother of an underage girl said she and her daughter were subjected to a strip-search on Friday while visiting her husband in Amasya...
Disabled man with multiple health problems kept in prison on bogus terrorism charges
Bilal Danış (30), a former public servant in the western city of Izmir who was arrested in November 2016 and convicted on bogus terrorism...
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...
Refugee tenants in İstanbul attacked by landlord demanding rent increase
Amid a rising number of hate crimes targeting refugees in Turkey, a landlord and his son attacked their own rental unit in İstanbul, breaking...
Georgia trying to shut down private university at the request of Turkish gov’t
Georgian authorities have reportedly tried to close the private International Black Sea University (IBSU), which was founded in 1995 in Georgia's capital of Tbilisi,...
EU, EP, NGOs call on Moldova to respect rule of law, stop illegal deportation...
European Union officials, European Parliament (EP) members and human rights organizations have called on the Moldovan government to respect the rule of law and...
Latest Reports
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...