Suspect caught in murder of Syrian activist and journalist daughter in Turkey
A suspect in the murder of Syrian opposition activist Orouba Barakat and her 22-year-old journalist daughter Halla Barakat in İstanbul was caught on Saturday...
İHD’s Türkdoğan: 12 Turkish soldiers and policemen held hostage by PKK
The Human Rights Association (İHD) Co-chair Öztürk Türkdoğan has said that 12 Turkish soldiers and police officers have been held hostage by outlawed People’s...
Amnesty International’s chief not allowed to visit jailed Turkish human rights defender İdil Eser
Amnesty International Secretary General Salil Shetty was not permitted to visit the Amnesty’s Turkey director İdil Eser, who was jailed on “terrorism” charges two...
Turkish man self-immolated in front of municipality due to joblessness
Mustafa Birgül, an unemployed Turkish man, set himself on fire in front of a district municipality in Balıkesir province on Monday. It was reported...
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...
Turkish gov’t accuses UN human rights high commissioner of ‘collaborating with terrorists’
The Turkish government led by autocratic President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has issued a strongly worded response that included insults to UN High Commissioner for...
VIDEO — Turkish police shot dismissed public servant Saçılık with hundreds of plastic bullets
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A video footage shows the moment Turkish police fired hundreds of plastic bullets at Veli Saçılık, a former political prisoner and public servant who...
Amnesty International: EU leaders must press Turkey on human rights
Iverna McGowan, director of Amnesty International’s European Institutions Office, said ahead of a European Council meeting on Oct. 19 and 20 which is expected...
Mother with infant under arrest until husband surrenders self in Turkey
Dilek Sağlam, a teacher and mother of a 10-month-old baby, has been under arrest since June 12 because her husband could not be found...
Turkish court sentences 25 journalists to long prison terms over alleged links to Gülen...
An İstanbul high criminal court on Thursday gave prison sentences ranging from 25 months to seven years, six months to 25 journalists on terror...
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...