29 women murdered in Turkey in August, rights group reports
Twenty-nine women were murdered by men in Turkey in August, while another 28 were found dead under suspicious circumstances, according to a statement released...
Lawyers appeal to top court for Öğüt family members killed in Kurdish village fire
Lawyers for the Öğüt family, nine members of which died in a blaze in Turkey’s southeastern village of Altınova (Vartinis), have appealed to the...
Erdoğan blocked prosecution of ministers implicated in 2013 graft probe: ex-AKP lawmaker
An opposition lawmaker and former MP from the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) has claimed that President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan prevented the prosecution...
Journalists detained for revealing name of Turkish intel officer killed in Libya
Two journalists from the OdaTV news website were detained on Wednesday by police due to an investigation into a news report revealing the identity...
Minority and Refugee Rights in Turkey: 2024 in Review
Minority groups in Turkey continued to suffer from discrimination, hate speech and assaults in 2024.
Members of different minority groups, such as Kurds and Syrians,...
US senators directly tie ‘hostage-taking’ of Pastor Brunson to Turkish President Erdoğan
US senators Jeanne Shaheen and James Lankford, who serve on the US Senate's Appropriations Subcommittee on State, Foreign Operations and Related Programs, have accused Turkish...
Report reveals 38 women killed in Turkey in January
A report released by the Stop the Murder of Women Platform has showed that a total of 38 women became the victims of domestic...
Turkey declines from deficient democracy to moderate autocracy: Democracy Matrix
The Democracy Matrix (DeMaX) of Germany’s University of Würzburg has classified Turkey as a moderate autocracy, finding that Turkey has declined from a “deficient...
German Chancellor Merkel says Turkey abuses Interpol warrants
German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Sunday criticized Turkey’s use of an Interpol arrest warrant to detain a German writer Doğan Akhanlı in Spain, telling...
Turkey to examine lifting opposition MPs’ immunity
The Turkish parliament will examine lifting some opposition lawmakers' immunity, its speaker said on Wednesday, as a pro-Kurdish party comes under renewed pressure from...
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...