35 percent of Syrian children in Turkey unable to attend school: report
A recent report by the Turkish Ministry of Education has revealed that 35 percent of Syrian refugee children living in Turkey were not attending...
Turkish parliament to amend law after Erdoğan’s call for suspension of lawyers accused of...
Turkey’s governing party has started working on an amendment to the law on lawyers following President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s call on September 1 for...
Students dancing to Kurdish folk songs beaten by far-right group in Turkey’s Karaman province
A group of university students in Turkey's southern Karaman province were attacked by the far-right ultranationalist Grey Wolves for dancing to Kurdish music, the...
Former Erdoğan aide who kicked protestor on camera appointed commercial attaché in Germany
A former advisor to then-prime minister and current President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan who in 2014 had kicked the relative of a victim of Turkey’s...
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...
University student arrested for links to Gülen movement says he was robbed of his...
A university student who was arrested for alleged links to the Gülen movement in a letter from prison said he had been robbed of...
AKP, MHP reject motion to investigate civilian deaths caused by armored vehicles
The ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) and its ally, the Nationalist Movement Party (MHP), on Tuesday rejected a parliamentary motion by the Peoples'...
Jailed Kurdish leader not allowed to see his daughters
Jailed former Co-chair of the pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) Selahattin Demirtaş was not allowed to see his daughters on Tuesday due to coronavirus-related...
Albanian PM turns down Erdoğan’s request for measures against Gülen followers
Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama has rejected a request made by Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan for measures against followers of the faith-based Gülen...
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...
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...