Jailed Turkish Air Forces’ colonel reportedly losses his life in İstanbul’s Silivri Prison because...
A Turkish lawyer has stated on Friday that a military officer jailed in İstanbul's notorious Silivri Prison has lost his life because of the...
HRW: Chemical castration for those convicted of sex offences would violate human rights
Human Rights Watch (HRW) stated on Tuesday that the Turkish government's plan to implement chemical castration for those convicted of sex offences against children would...
620 Turkish citizens have applied for asylum in Germany in July, ministry says
The number of Turkish citizens who fled Turkey following a failed coup last year and applied for asylum in Germany reached 620 in July,...
Amnesty organizes a worldwide solidarity day for Turkish HR defender Eser on her birthday
Amnesty International (AI) has organised a worldwide solidarity day for Turkish human rights activist İdil Eser, director of Amnesty Turkey on her birthday on Saturday...
Over 1 million people demand freedom for Turkey’s Amnesty chair as trial resumes
More than one million people from 194 countries have demanded the release of Taner Kılıç, Amnesty International’s Turkey Chair and the dropping of charges...
Thirty-year-old mother detained by Turkish police during her husband’s funeral
Thirty-year-old Esra Çelik was detained by Turkish police on Sunday as she was attending in the funeral of her husband Mehmet Çelik (30), who...
Report on violation of women prisoners’ rights: Turkish jails turned into ‘prisoners camp’
A report, released by the Free Women’s Movement (TJA), has stated that the society has been put under suppression through the state of emergency (OHAL)...
Jailed human rights defender Erkem’s gastric bleeding ignored by Turkish prison doctors
Nalan Erkem, who was among the rights defenders who were jailed after being detained in Büyükada, reportedly exprerienced a gastric bleeding in prison and...
Mother of three released after giving testimony in Turkey
Yasemin Özkan, who gave birth to her third child last week by C-section and was served with a detention warrant immediately afterwards, was released...
Opposition MP calls on justice ministry to respond to his questions on deaths in...
Human rights defender and Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) lawmaker Ömer Faruk Gergerlioğlu has called on Turkey’s justice ministry to respond his parliamentary questions on...
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...