At least 15,557 women murdered in Turkey since start of AKP rule: report
Violence against women has dramatically increased since the Justice and Development Party (AKP) came to power in 2002, and at least 15,557 women have...
Human Rights Watch: Torture in custody, abductions continue in Turkey
People in Turkey accused of links to terrorism or with the 2016 military coup attempt have been tortured in police custody while others have...
Kurdish politicians including HDP co-chair to go on hunger strike in protest of prison...
Pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) Co-chairperson Selahattin Demirtaş, HDP Hakkari deputy Abdullah Zeydan and Democratic Regions Party (DBP) Co-chairperson Sebahat Tuncel will go on...
Police strip jailed purge victim, beat for 22 days, threaten to rape wife
O.K., a purge victim in Zonguldak province who was detained on Aug. 1 last year over links to faith-based Gülen movement, was tortured by...
Turkish military operation footage screened in stadium before Amedspor match
Footage of a Turkish military operation against the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) was projected on the scoreboard of a stadium on Saturday, just...
4 of 6 men abducted six months ago now in police custody, 2 remain...
The family members of four men who were reportedly abducted by Turkish intelligence in February confirmed yesterday that their relatives were in custody at...
Cartoonist Trivedi portrays 13 people disappeared in Turkey since July 15 coup attempt
Aseem Trivedi, a political cartoonist and free speech activist, has called people all around the world to raise their voices for the disappeared people...
Seventeen Turkish citizens, who escaped from persecution of Erdoğan regime, seek sanctuary in Greece
Seventeen Turkish nationals, including six children, have requested asylum in Greece after crossing over from Turkey, Agence France-Presse (AFP) has reported on Tuesday, citing...
Turkish HR defender Gergerlioğlu writes details of latest abduction scandal in Ankara
Prominent Turkish human rights defender and writer Ömer Faruk Gergeroğlu has penned an article detailing the April 21 abduction in Ankara of Orçun Şenyücel,...
Turkish security forces strip naked 7 people during detention in anti-PKK operation
Seven people were stripped naked with their hands tied on their back before they were detained as part of an investigation into the outlawed...
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...