18,500 suspects convicted of sex offences in Turkey
A total of 18,492 people are currently in jail in Turkey after being convicted of sex offences, Turkish Justice Minister Abdulhamit Gül has said,...
Detention warrants issued for 300 teachers in a month in Turkey’s capital of Ankara
The Ankara Chief Public Prosecutor’s Office has issued detention warrants in the past month for 300 teachers who worked in schools owned by people...
Turkish prosecutors revise charge against journalist Soncan over his ‘Gülen movement is not a...
Turkish prosecutors have filed a new case against jailed journalist Emre Soncan (36) based on his statement that "the Gülen movement is not a...
Turkish court rules to release Cumhuriyet journalists Şık and Sabuncu
A Turkish court on Friday evening decided to release Cumhuriyet daily Editor-in-Chief Murat Sabuncu and journalist Ahmet Şık while ruling for a continuation of...
Interpol shelves Turkish government’s arrest requests over baseless terrorism charges
The International Criminal Police Organization (Interpol) has put on hold almost 50 requests from the Turkish government to arrest people wanted by Ankara on...
EP member Sommer: High time for EU to act over shocking developments in Turkey
Dr. Renate Sommer, a member of the European Parliament (MEP), has called on the European Union to put more pressure on Turkey's autocratic regime...
Turkish Court of Appeals reverses ruling on journalist Dündar in MİT trucks case, requests...
Turkey's Supreme Court of Appeals on Friday reversed an earlier ruling by a high criminal court in İstanbul for journalist Can Dündar, convicted of...
The Netherlands disallows visit of Turkish mayor Fatma Şahin
On the first anniversary of a diplomatic crisis between Turkey and the Netherlands, The Hague has disallowed the planned visit of a ruling party...
Turkish gov’t issues detention warrants for over 265 people due to alleged Gülen movement...
The Turkish government on Friday issued detention warrants for more than 265 people across Turkey, including 92 teachers, as part of a massive post-coup...
CPJ calls on Turkey to stop equating journalism with terrorism
The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) on Thursday condemned a Turkish court’s decision earlier in the day to sentence 25 journalists to prison on...
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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...
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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...
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Dehumanizing a Legacy: How Fethullah Gülen’s Death Triggered a Campaign of Hate Speech in...
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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...
Hate speech and hate crimes against Syrian refugees in Turkey
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This report focuses on the inflammatory rhetoric and illegal acts motivated by prejudice faced by refugees who fled the civil war in Syria...