US State Department starts reporting on Turkey’s transnational repression tactics
In its annual human rights report on Turkey, the US State Department has included the Turkish government’s transnational repression tactics to suppress its critics...
A new report uncovers a murder of detained teacher in Turkey due to torture
Deaths in detentions and prisons due to torture, abuse and ill-treatment have become recurring theme in Turkey with close to 100 cases reported as...
COMMENTARY — Libyan Jihadist cells in Turkey protected by Erdoğan regime
By Abdullah Bozkurt
It was hardly surprising to find out Manchester suicide bomber Salman Abedi (22), a British of Libyan origin, has footprints all over...
Lawyer under investigation, accompanied by infant, put in pretrial detention by Turkish gov’t
An İstanbul lawyer, identified only by the initials O.E.H., was put in pretrial detention along with her 3-month-old baby as part of an investigation into...
Survey: 17 pct of people, detained or jailed in Turkey after coup attempt, think...
A survey conducted by The Rights and Justice Platform's the State of Emergency (OHAL) Research and Reporting Committee has showed that 16,7 percent of those who...
Kılıçdaroğlu names EU membership as main goal, urges sharing of Turkey’s refugee burden
Leader of the main opposition party and presidential candidate Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu has said that if elected, his main goal will be making Turkey a...
Turkey’s top court: Using messaging app ByLock can be considered evidence of membership...
Turkey’s Constitutional Court in a ruling published June 26 denied a petition in which the applicant had claimed that using the messaging app ByLock...
ECtHR asks Turkish government for explanation over the case of abducted lawyer
The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has decided to evaluate the application of Emine Özben whose husband Mustafa Özben (42), a Bar-registered lawyer...
Turkish government seeks life in prison for jailed US pastor Brunson
A Turkish prosecutor on Tuesday demanded life imprisonment for American pastor Andrew Brunson, who has been jailed in Turkey since October 2016, over alleged...
Turkey orders detention of 174 active duty soldiers, 174 others in post-coup crackdown
Turkish prosecutors on Tuesday ordered the detention of 348 people as part of a post-coup crackdown targeting the faith-based Gülen movement, which is accused...
Latest Reports
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
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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...