8,5-month pregnant woman under arrest in Turkey though baby faces heart, kidney problems
With only days to go before the delivery, a Turkish woman in Kayseri province is still held under arrest even though her baby has...
Turkish police mop floor with mother, wife of jailed educator on hunger strike
Turkish police mopped the floor with Sultan Özakça and Esra Özakça, the mother and wife of Semih Özakça, an educator who was jailed after...
Coetzee, Gavras send message of solidarity to Gülmen, Özakça on 83rd day of their...
Nobel Laureate author John Maxwell Coetzee and famous film director Costa Gavras have given support and showed solidarity with Turkish academic Nuriye Gülmen and...
A letter from prison shows tortures have taken a systematic form in Turkey’s prisons
A letter sent by Evrim Konak, an inmate in Gebze Type M Women’s Prison, to pro-Kurdish media outlets indicates heavy pressures and tortures have...
Turkish gov’t re-jails pro-Kurdish deputy who was released only weeks ago
Pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) Siirt deputy Besime Konca, who was released by a Batman court on May 3 after spending five months in...
Gülmen and Özakça to end hunger strike if purged civil servants reinstated to jobs
Nuriye Gülmen and Semih Özakça, two educators who went on a hunger strike after they were fired by government decrees in the aftermath of...
Brig. Gen. Evrim says July 15 coup attempt in Turkey was planned to fail
Brig. Gen. Hakan Evrim, a suspect in the July 15 coup attempt trial and commander of Akıncı Airbase, where Chief of General Staff Gen....
Turkish gov’t arrests 50,136, detains 154,694 people over alleged links with Gülen movement since...
Basing on the information taken from Turkey's Justice Ministry, Turkey's state-run Anadolu news agency (AA) has reported that 154,694 people have been investigated (detained)...
Turkish gov’t continues water and power cut in Sur neighborhoods during holy Ramadan
As the holy month of Ramadan starts, the Turkish government has increased its oppression over Kurdish residents in Sur district's Alipaşa and Lalebey neighborhoods...
Turkish police assault, detain purge victim protesting post-coup dismissals
A newly emerged video footage shows the moment Turkish police used excessive force against leftist activist Veli Saçılık, a public servant who was fired...
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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...