Peace petition signatory academic begins serving prison sentence
Professor Füsun Üstel, the first academic who signed a peace petition in 2016 to be incarcerated, turned herself in to prison authorities today to...
Amazon postpones Turkey launch over anti-American sentiment
Amazon has postponed its entry to the Turkish market due to the anti-American sentiment among the public, manifested most recently when Turks smashed iPhones...
Turkey’s top court sentences 3 former judges in controversial coup trial
Turkey’s Supreme Criminal Court has sentenced three former judges at the Supreme Court of Appeals to almost 13 months in prison each for “repeated...
Turkish President Erdoğan converts another ancient Orthodox church to mosque: report
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on Friday ordered another ancient Orthodox church that became a mosque and then a popular İstanbul museum to be...
Turkey questions journalist over report on plane crash carrying Libyan delegation
Journalist Tolga Şardan has been questioned by prosecutors in Ankara over his reporting on the crash of a plane carrying a high-level Libyan military...
DEM Party delegation reports overcrowding, medical care problems in Turkish prisons
A delegation from Turkey’s pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Equality and Democracy Party (DEM Party) has reported overcrowding, obstacles to medical care and limits on social contact...
Turkish public employees union demands reinstatement of civil servants dismissed under emergency decrees
The Confederation of Public Employees’ Trade Unions (KESK) on Monday called for the reinstatement of civil servants dismissed by emergency decrees during a post-coup...
Prominent doctor to pay damages to Turkish Defense Ministry over chemical weapons remarks
An Ankara court has ruled that Şebnem Korur Fincancı, a prominent expert in forensic medicine and human rights activist, pay 50,000 lira ($1,460) in...
Turkish comedian sent to prison after appeals court upholds conviction over Gülen links
Turkish comedian Atalay Demirci, who was sentenced to five years in prison over alleged links to the faith-based Gülen movement, has been apprehended in...
Strip-search is an ongoing practice in Turkish prisons, opposition deputy says
Strip-search is an ongoing practice in Turkish prisons, human rights defender and Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) lawmaker Ömer Faruk Gergerlioğlu said on Tuesday in...
Latest Reports
New report exposes widespread, systematic rights violations in Turkey’s crackdown on the Gülen movement
STOCKHOLM— The Stockholm Center for Freedom today released a new report, “UN Findings on Turkey’s Crackdown on the Gülen Movement: Widespread and Systematic Rights...
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...