Turkey’s opposition leader draws backlash for remarks targeting people who fled gov’t crackdown
Özgür Özel, the leader of Turkey’s main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP), has elicited sharp criticism from politicians, legal experts, journalists and human rights...
Turkish government signals early local elections in November
Turkey's ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) led by Islamist President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has signaled the bringing forward of local elections to November...
Lawyer for defendants in MİT arms transportation case gets 7.5 years in prison
The lawyer who represented defendants in a case that exposed Turkish intelligence agency trucks carrying arms to Syria in 2014 was handed down a...
AKP, MHP reject motion to investigate Erdoğan’s ‘parallel army’ SADAT
Turkey’s ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) and its ally, the Nationalist Movement Party (MHP), have rejected a parliamentary motion to investigate the controversial...
Turkish military aims to control 10,000 km2 of Syria’s Afrin region
The Prime Ministry’s Office of Public Diplomacy has cited the reasons for Turkey’s military operation against Syria’s northern Afrin province in a 12-article note. The...
At least 110 thousand dismissed public servants applied for Turkey’s controversial OHAL Commission
At least 110,000 former public servants, who had been suspended with the statutory decrees that the government issued under the rule of emergency which...
Turkey’s Erdoğan again named among RSF’s ‘Press Freedom Predators’
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has once again been listed among the world’s worst violators of press freedom in the 2025 edition of Reporters...
Former teacher and her 10-month-old baby are suffering from poor conditions in prison, says...
Hasan Semerci, the brother of former teacher Büşra Çulha, who has been imprisoned with her 10-month-old daughter Bahar since September 23, has said his...
Dismissed Turkish soldier dies awaiting reinstatement ruling after coup-era prosecution
A former Turkish soldier who was dismissed by an emergency decree after a failed coup in 2016 died of colon cancer on July 3...
Turkish prosecutor issues detention warrant for pro-Kurdish HDP Co-chairperson Kemalbay
Turkish prosecutors on Friday issued a detention warrant for Serpil Kemalbay, co-chairperson of the pro-Kurdish Democratic Peoples’ Party (HDP), just two days before a...
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...