Turkey’s Erdoğan calls on US to extradite Gülen in return for jailed US pastor
Turkish autocratic President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has called on the US to extradite Turkish Islamic scholar Fethullah Gülen in return for releasing American pastor...
Turkish teachers: No satisfactory explanation made by Pakistani officials over abduction of Kaçmaz family
A group of students, teachers and executives from Pak-Turk schools in Islamabad on Thursday called on Pakistan government to provide information about a Turkish...
Alaattin Güner: Major newspaper distribution company executive faces lifetime in jail on absurd charges
A media professional who had managed Turkey’s largest home delivery network for independent and critical newspapers is now being tried on charges of terrorism...
Turkey builds 47 new prisons during state of emergency; 11 more to open
Turkish government has opened 47 new prisons in last 14 months since the state of emergency (OHAL) declared in the aftermath of a controversial...
HRCP calls for immediate release of abducted Turkish family in Pakistan
The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) has called for the immediate release of former Director of Pak-Turk school Mesut Kaçmaz’s and his family...
Turkish gov’t issues detention warrants for 143 people affiliated with Gülen linked 36 CSOs...
Turkish government has detained dozens of people while detention warrants issued for hundreds on Wednesday as part of its massive post-coup witch hunt campaign...
753 Turkish workers lost their lives in workplace accidents in last 4 months
At least 753 workers lost their lives in workplace accidents in Turkey during last 4 months following Turkish government's aggressive program titled “Declaration of...
Turkish court to consider HDP’s Demirtaş using ‘right to remain silent’ if he refuses...
A Turkish court has ruled that Selahattin Demirtaş, the jailed co-chair of the pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP), will be considered to be using...
Former Turkish director of Pak-Turk school, his family kidnapped from Lahore
Former director of Pak-Turk School, Mesut Kaçmaz, a Turkish national, has reportedly been kidnapped along with his family in the early hours of Wednesday...
Turkish police officer, suspended over alleged Gülen links, commits suicide
İbrahim Eski, a police officer who was suspended from his duty in the framework of an investigation carried out as part of Turkish government's...
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...