4-year-old boy wounded after being hit by police car in eastern Turkey
A civilian vehicle used by the police hit 4-year-old boy Umut Ö. in the Aşağı neighborhood in İdil district of Şırnak province on Sunday....
Turkey’s Erdoğan regime makes eid al-fitr as an occasion of persecution for alleged Gülen...
Turkey's autocratic President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan's government, which has launched a massive post-coup witch hunt targeting alleged followers of the Gülen movement, has made...
Turkey’s Erdoğan says he informed France’s Macron about ‘so-called’ journalists
Turkish autocratic President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said he informed French President Emmanuel Macron about “so-called” journalists in Turkish jails during a visit to Paris,...
Jailed Turkish police chiefs who led 2013 corruption ops taken to police HQ in...
Jailed police chiefs who led corruption operations against the government in 2013 were taken to Istanbul police headquarters on Saturday over the testimony of...
Turkey’s Justice Ministry: 624 babies behind bars across country
The Turkish Justice Ministry has revealed that 624 children under the age of six are living with their convicted mothers in prisons across Turkey,...
US senators urge Trump to demand Turkey’s Erdoğan respect human rights
A group of US senators led by John McCain, chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee, and Bob Menendez, a member of the Senate...
Turkish gov’t detains 537 people in a week over alleged links to Gülen movement
The Turkish Interior Ministry announced on Monday that 537 people have been detained in the past week due to alleged links to the faith-based...
Turkey’s Constitutional Court orders compensation for failure to investigate alleged torture
Turkey’s Constitutional Court on Wednesday ruled that authorities’ failure to properly investigate allegations of torture during a police raid constituted a procedural violation and...
Kurdish man claims he was severely beaten by gendarmes in eastern Turkey
A Kurdish man in Turkey's eastern Van province has claimed he was severely beaten by Turkish gendarmes, the Duvar news website reported.
Yakup Avan, 25,...
Amnesty International calls for ‘Urgent Action’ on Turkish educator in Georgia
Human rights organization Amnesty International (AI) has called international community for 'urgent action' to prevent extradition of Turkish teacher Mustafa Emre Çabuk from Georgia. AI...
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Turkey's political opposition faced intensifying pressure in 2025, with the judiciary emerging as the primary instrument for targeting dissenting voices. The most far-reaching measures...
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Throughout the year human rights organizations...
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During the year Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan continued to relentlessly pursue anyone with alleged links with the faith-based Gülen movement, which he described...
Women’s rights in Turkey: 2025 in Review
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The Forgotten Victims: Children of Turkey’s Post-Coup Purge
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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...