Turkish court confirms transfer of Khashoggi murder trial to Saudi Arabia
A Turkish court on Thursday confirmed a halt of the trial in absentia of 26 suspects linked to the killing of Saudi critic Jamal...
Rights activists, opposition politicians criticize conditions of Turkish juvenile detention centers
Conditions in Turkey's juvenile detention centers are dismal and rife with ill-treatment, violence and torture, according to human rights activists and opposition politicians who...
Veteran Kurdish politician acquitted of terrorism charges that led to his removal as mayor
Prominent Kurdish politician Ahmet Türk, a former co-mayor of Mardin in southeastern Turkey from the Peoples’ Equality and Democracy Party (DEM Party), has been...
Turkish authorities take action against artists supporting student-led boycott
Turkish authorities have started taking action against celebrities who supported a boycott of purchases on Wednesday to protest the arrest of İstanbul’s opposition mayor,...
2017 law governing Turkey’s Board of Judges and Prosecutors undermines independence of judiciary: UN...
A law governing Turkey’s Board of Judges and Prosecutors (HSK) continues to have adverse effects on the independence of the judiciary and the separation...
Jailed mayor from main opposition challenges suspension from office in court
Zeydan Karalar, the mayor of Turkey’s southern city of Adana who was arrested last month as part of a yearlong crackdown on main opposition-run...
Disabled girl forced to leave special needs school due to father’s links to Gülen...
Nurefşan Ketenci, 16, a young girl with major disabilities who had been forced to leave a public special needs school in Turkey because her...
Turkish court’s removal of CHP leadership draws international backlash
International criticism has been mounting since a Turkish appeals court annulled the 2023 congress of the main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP), removing party leader Özgür...
Mother of 3 arrested by Turkish police while fleeing to Greece
A mother of three was arrested by Turkish police on September 17 as she was trying to flee to Greece to seek asylum, the...
Turkish academic illegally deported by Malaysian gov’t in 2017 not allowed to contact his...
İsmet Özçelik, 60, a Turkish academic who was illegally deported to Turkey by the Malaysian government in 2017 due to alleged links to the...
Latest Reports
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...