75 detained over alleged Gülen links in a week
Turkish government has detained of a total of 75 suspects in a week due to alleged links to the Gülen movement, according to reports...
Jailed teacher had to send baby away due to poor conditions in Turkish prison
Turkish teacher Ayşe Çelik, who was jailed with her baby earlier this month on terror charges because she had said, “Don’t let children die”...
Families of people detained in recent crackdown on Gülen movement describe the situation as...
The families of several women detained in a recent mass crackdown on people linked to the faith-based Gülen movement have contacted Peoples’ Equality and...
EU to release 3 bln euros in aid for Syrian refugees in Turkey
European Union leaders on Friday agreed to release the second 3 billion euro ($3,72-billion) tranche in assistance for Syrian refugees in Turkey.
The meeting of...
Royalty payments to imprisoned editor, translator investigated as ‘terrorism financing’ in Turkey
A Turkish court has placed a publishing house representative under house arrest as part of an investigation into royalty payments made to an imprisoned...
Turkey detains 4 Kurdish mayors who were removed from office
Turkish police on Monday detained four Kurdish mayors, including the chief executive of Turkey’s largest predominantly Kurdish city of Diyarbakır, after first removing them...
Jailed Turkish journalist Altan: No true prosecutor, judge, lawyer can be a tool of...
Renowned Turkish novelist and journalist Ahmet Altan, who has been behind the bars over coup charges for more than 15 months, said on Monday that...
ARTICLE 19, IPI and RSF: Zaman columnists, journalists must be acquitted in political trial
International organisations for press freedom ARTICLE 19, the International Press Institute (IPI) and Reporters Without Borders (RSF) have repeated their call for all defendants...
Turkey’s bar associations call on international community to stop China’s treatment of Uyghurs
In a joint statement 73 bar associations across Turkey called on the UN and the international community to initiate targeted sanctions against China in...
Inmate tortured to death in Turkish prison, brother claims: report
“My brother was tortured to death in a cell where he was kept alone,” Hakan Tumay, brother of Serkan Tumay, who recently died 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...