Critically ill woman remains in prison despite second hospital report recommending her release
Critically ill Ayşe Özdoğan, 34, who suffers from a rare form of cancer, remains in prison despite a health report from Akdeniz University Hospital...
Turkey ranked third in press freedom violations among EU candidates as crackdown on press...
Turkey recorded the third-highest number of press freedom violations among European Union candidate countries in 2024, with journalists facing mass arrests, censorship and intimidation,...
UN says Turkey’s anti-terror provisions violate international law: report
Turkey’s anti-terror law (No. 3713) does not comply with its international law obligations, and the country’s anti-terror legal framework should be urgently revised, a joint...
Human rights activist and former teacher arrested for protesting human rights violations
Acun Karadağ, a human rights activist and a former teacher who was dismissed from her job by an emergency decree-law as part of a...
Inmate with cancer dies after he was denied release despite medical report
Halil Güneş, 49, an inmate suffering from cancer, was found dead in Diyarbakır Prison on Wednesday after he was denied release due to his...
Record number of jailed journalists globally, Turkey among top offenders: CPJ
The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) has found that a record number of journalists are currently imprisoned around the world, with Turkey among the...
İstanbul district mayor, 25 others arrested in expanding crackdown targeting CHP
Hasan Mutlu, mayor of the Bayrampaşa district of İstanbul from the Republican People’s Party (CHP), was arrested late Monday along with 25 others in...
Turkey issued detention warrants for 176 people over alleged Gülen links in a week
Turkish authorities have over the past week ordered the detention of 176 people including teachers, doctors, academics, lawyers, active duty and dismissed military officers,...
Turkey has largest number of cases pending before European rights court
Approximately 23,400 applications from Turkey are pending before the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR), making it the highest case-count country in 2023, Turkish...
After destroying his iPhone over Brunson case, Turkish deputy now demands a new one
Cemal Enginyurt, a deputy from the Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) which is the ultra-nationalist ally of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan's ruling Justice and Development...
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...