Turkish prisons at 40 percent overcapacity: report
Turkey’s prison population has reached 428,267, exceeding official capacity by 40 percent, according to a recent report of the Civil Society in the Penal System...
Turkey seized $1.8 billion in assets in the first 10 months of 2025: minister
Turkey’s interior minister said on Monday that authorities had seized assets worth 76 billion lira ($1.8 billion) as part of investigations into 552 crime...
Turkey blocks İmamoğlu’s campaign account for fourth time
Turkey on Monday blocked the X campaign account of İstanbul mayor and main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) presidential candidate Ekrem İmamoğlu, following the...
1,345 arrested in first 10 months of 2025 as Turkey’s crackdown on Gülen movement...
Turkish authorities arrested 1,395 people in the first 10 months of 2025 as part of an ongoing crackdown on the faith-based Gülen movement, Interior...
Turkish cartoonist freed under judicial supervision after months in pretrial detention
A Turkish court has ordered the release of LeMan satirical magazine cartoonist Doğan Pehlevan under judicial supervision in a case that had kept him...
ECtHR faults Turkey for post-coup detention of 86 people over Gülen links
The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has faulted Turkey over the arrest and pretrial detention of 86 people following a failed coup in...
Turkey imprisons mother in Gülen case with 1-year-old by her side despite law on...
Turkish authorities have jailed a woman accompanied by her 1-year-old infant as part of an investigation into the Gülen movement despite the fact that...
Turkish minister boasts of drop in femicides as 217 women killed by men in...
Turkish Interior Minister Ali Yerlikaya has praised what he called a sharp decline in femicides this year, even as official data show that 217...
Turkish authorities detain 71 more people over alleged Gülen links: minister
Turkish authorities have detained 71 people in an ongoing crackdown on the faith-based Gülen movement, Interior Minister Ali Yerlikaya announced on Monday.
Yerlikaya said on...
Documentary exposes plight of children caught in Turkey’s post-coup crackdown
“The Other Children” (Öteki Çocuklar), a new documentary shining a light on the suffering of Turkish children whose parents were impacted by a government...
Latest Reports
Torture, Ill-treatment and Prison Conditions in Turkey: 2025 in Review
Turkey's record on torture and ill-treatment continued to deteriorate in 2025, despite its commitments under international human rights conventions.
Throughout the year human rights organizations...
Turkey’s Transnational Repression: 2025 in Review
Turkey's campaign of transnational repression against critics abroad continued throughout 2025. Since a coup attempt in July 2016, President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s long arm...
Turkey’s Crackdown on the Gülen Movement: 2025 in Review
During the year Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan continued to relentlessly pursue anyone with alleged links with the faith-based Gülen movement, which he described...
Women’s rights in Turkey: 2025 in Review
The state of women’s rights in Turkey showed no meaningful improvement in 2025, as longstanding problems persisted and new challenges emerged. Femicides, institutional failures...
Weaponized Diplomacy: How Erdoğan Uses Turkish Missions for Transnational Repression
Download PDF
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
Download PDF
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
Download PDF
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...
Download PDF
This report examines the surge of hate speech following the death of Fethullah Gülen, a US-based cleric whose followers have been systematically persecuted...