Reactions mount against Turkish authorities over jailing of end-stage cancer patient
Turkish authorities last week arrested critically ill Ayşe Özdoğan, who suffers from a rare form of cancer, and sent her to prison on a...
English PEN urges Turkey to drop charges against publisher Ragıp Zarakolu
English PEN, the founding center of a global literary network, has urged Turkish authorities to drop all charges against publisher and human rights activist...
Lawyer faces defamation trial after strip-search claim
Betül Alpay, a Turkish lawyer, is facing a defamation trial after publicly claiming she was subjected to an unlawful strip-search in a prison, the...
Turkish soldiers beat, push Afghan asylum seekers back to Iran: Human Rights Watch
Turkish authorities are summarily pushing Afghan asylum seekers crossing into the country from Iran back to Iran, denying them the right to seek asylum,...
Gunman who assaulted Turkish journalist sentenced to 10 months in prison
The Turkish court overseeing the case of an armed assault against journalist Can Dündar has sentenced Murat Şahin, one of three suspects in the...
Turkish court arrests 17 over alleged links to Gülen movement
The Ankara 10th Criminal Court of Peace on Friday arrested 17 people over their alleged links to the faith-based Gülen movement, the Kronos news...
Envoys who backed Turkish philanthropist to be declared persona non grata: Erdoğan
The ambassadors of 10 countries including Germany and the United States who appealed for the release of Turkish philanthropist Osman Kavala will be declared...
Turkish President Erdoğan’s ultranationalist ally threatens İYİ Party’s Akşener: My final warning
Devlet Bahçeli, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan's ultranationalist ally and chairman of the Nationalist Movement Party (MHP), has threatened right-wing opposition İYİ Party leader...
Judge overseeing prosecution of ultranationalist coup plotters in military detained over Gülen links
A former judge who oversaw the prosecution of ultranationalist coup plotters in the Turkish military was detained in a house raid on Wednesday over...
Hundreds of former public servants reach out to Turkey’s main opposition detailing rights violations
Hundreds of former public servants have sent e-mails to a new mailing list set up by the main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) complaining...
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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...
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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...