Turkish gov’t to take a child back from foster family for 10 years over...
Turkish government has added a new cruelty to its numerous persecutions targeting the alleged members of the Gülen movement on Monday. According to an...
Turkish gov’t detains 30,433 people in 9 months for alleged links to ‘terrorism’
The Turkish government has detained more than 30,000 people in the past nine months for alleged links to the Gülen movement and the outlawed...
Prison authorities deny essential medication to university student arrested in Istanbul protests
A university student arrested for joining nationwide protests over the detention and subsequent arrest of Istanbul Mayor Ekrem İmamoğlu has claimed that prison authorities...
Majority of Turks oppose constitutional amendment enabling Erdoğan’s re-election
A majority of Turks, 66.3 percent, are against a constitutional amendment that would allow President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan to run again in the election...
Undoing Turkey’s founding vision is ‘treason,’ far-right ally says in veiled warning to Erdoğan
Far-right Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) leader Devlet Bahçeli warned Monday that attempts to alter Turkey’s founding principles or its unitary state structure amount to...
Jailed visual journalist’s work to be exhibited at New York art gallery
Forty works of art by visual journalist Fevzi Yazıcı, created mostly in prison as he has been behind bars since August 2016 on terrorism...
Turkish authorities involved in 87 cases of coercion and abduction, says İHD report
A recent report issued by the Human Rights Association (İHD) documented 87 cases of abductions, forced recruitment attempts and threats against activists, students and...
Court rules to release 2 student protestors from pretrial detention
A court on Friday ruled to release two university students who have been in pretrial detention for more than three months for participating in...
No ruling from top court in case of maid found dead in AKP deputy’s...
Although it has been 27 months since an application was filed at Turkey’s Constitutional Court regarding the suspicious death of an Uzbek maid in...
More than one-third of children in Turkey faced poverty risk in 2025, official data...
More than one in three children in Turkey faced a risk of poverty or social exclusion in 2025, according to data from Turkish Statistical...
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...