ECtHR risks legitimizing Turkey’s ‘bad-faith’ regime with increased deference to Turkish courts: study
The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) is in danger of legitimizing Turkey’s authoritarian turn by leaning too heavily on subsidiarity, a legal doctrine...
Crackdown on Human Rights Defenders: 2022 in Review
The situation of human rights defenders in Turkey has significantly deteriorated since a coup attempt in July 2016, with the HRDs subjected to judicial...
Turkey marks Universal Children’s Day amid widespread children’s rights violations: report
Turkey is celebrating Universal Children’s Day this year in an environment where dozens of children have died in work-related accidents and access to education...
Jailed cartoonist faces new charges for allegedly insulting President Erdoğan
Cartoonist Doğan Pehlevan, already standing trial over a cartoon accused of insulting religious values, has been indicted again for allegedly “publicly insulting the president,”...
Wife of jailed former judge says husband was handcuffed to hospital bed after surgery
Rabia Başer, a former judge and the wife of jailed judge Mustafa Başer, who is suffering from cancer and underwent major surgery in January,...
Claims of medical trials on inmates as they receive no-name tablets
Yasin Solmaz, a former Turkish Air Force officer, said in a letter to his lawyer that he and 43 other inmates who contracted COVID-19...
Turkey again ranks 10th globally in organized crime index, lags in resilience
Turkey has maintained its position as one of the world’s most criminalized countries, ranking 10th out of 193 nations in the 2025 Global Organized Crime...
‘Are we going to die?’: Trauma haunts Turkish kids after earthquake
Serkan Tatoğlu is haunted by the question his six-year-old keeps asking since their house collapsed in last week’s earthquake in Turkey.
“Are we going to...
Woman detained over links to Gülen movement after giving birth
A woman was detained less than 24 hours after delivering a baby yesterday for alleged affiliation with the Gülen movement, a faith-based group inspired...
Turkish opposition figures allege censorship on X, citing sudden drops in followers and reach
Prominent opposition politicians and journalists in Turkey have accused social media platform X of suppressing dissenting voices through unexplained declines in follower counts and...
Latest Reports
Turkey’s Post-Coup Crackdown, 10 Years On: A Decade’s Legacy
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This report examines how the sweeping measures introduced in Turkey following the coup attempt of July 15, 2016 evolved over the next decade...
UN Findings on Turkey’s Crackdown on the Gülen Movement: Widespread and Systematic Rights Violations...
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This report analyzes UN findings on Turkey’s post-2016 counterterrorism measures targeting people with alleged links to the faith-based Gülen movement.
Drawing on opinions of...
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...