Opposition lawmaker calls for reinvestigation of Uzbek woman’s death in AKP deputy’s home
A senior opposition lawmaker has called for the reinvestigation of the death of a 23-year-old Uzbek maid in the home of Justice and Development...
Turkey has arrested over 113,000 since 2016 coup attempt as crackdown on Gülen movement...
Turkish courts have arrested more than 113,000 people over the past nine years as part of an extensive crackdown that followed a coup attempt...
Turkey’s top court finds rights violations in 11,830 applications in 2021
Turkey’s Constitutional Court found at least one violation of human rights in each of 11,830 applications in 2021, according to updated statistics announced by...
Turkey remains world’s worst jailer of journalists, CPJ report says
According to a report released on Thursday by media freedom advocacy
group the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ), Turkey remains the
world’s worst jailer...
Turkish gov’t issues detention warrants for 37 people over alleged links to Gülen movement
The Ankara Chief Public Prosecutor’s Office on Tuesday issued detention warrants for 14 former gendarmerie officers who had been purged from their jobs and...
Turkish Interior Ministry introduces new plan to set ‘migrant quota’ in cities
Turkish Deputy Interior Minister Ismail Çataklı on Wednesday said a quota for migrants had been introduced in 16 cities to make sure non-Turkish residents...
Turkish court seeks Interpol Red Notice, issues arrest warrant for journalist Dündar
An İstanbul court on Monday issued an arrest warrant and sought an Interpol red notice for exiled Turkish journalist Can Dündar, the former editor-in-chief of...
HDP report shows Turkish police tortured 36 villagers with truncheons, rifle butts and mop...
A report by pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) concerning an incident of villagers allegedly tortured by police in the Şemdinli district of Hakkari has...
Turkish gov’t moves to contain backlash over alleged discrimination against school shooting victim
Facing mounting condemnation from opposition politicians, journalists and civil society figures, Turkish government officials have contacted and visited the family of a school shooting...
Broadcasting watchdog RTÜK contributes to increasing censorship in Turkey: Human Rights Watch
Turkey’s broadcasting watchdog, the Radio and Television Supreme Council (RTÜK), is contributing to increasing censorship in the country by imposing punitive and disproportionate sanctions...
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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...