Ousted Kurdish mayor attacked by police dogs, tortured in home for hours
Ousted co-mayor of Van’s Edremit Municipality Rojbin Çetin was attacked by police dogs and tortured in her home in the southeastern city of Diyarbakır...
Turkish couple reportedly being tortured by government officials in Nevşehir prison
A new claim of torture in Turkey, which is under the despotic rule of President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, has came from a prison in...
Deteriorating health of detainees in Turkish prisons highlighted in human rights report
According to data provided by Turkey’s Human Rights Association (İHD), there are at least 1,154 ailing inmates, 402 of whom have serious ailments, in...
Number of Turkish nationals granted protection status in Europe up by 300 pct
The number of Turkish nationals granted protection status by European Union countries increased by 300 percent between 2016 and 2017, proving that European asylum...
Opposition MP questions surge in allegations of police mistreatment in Turkey
An opposition lawmaker has posed a parliamentary question to the interior and justice ministers about the recent surge in complaints alleging police mistreatment in...
9 Boğaziçi University students sent to jail for protesting Turkey’s Afrin operation
Nine students from İstanbul's prestigious Boğaziçi University were arrested by an İstanbul court on Tuesday and put in pretrial detention while six others were...
10 members, executives of pro-Kurdish HDP detained in morning raids in İstanbul
Turkish police detained 10 members and executives from the pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP), including the party’s provincial and district co-chairs, in simultaneous raids...
Turkish court rules re-arrest of pro-Kurdish HDP’s spokesperson Ayhan Bilgen
A Turkish court has ruled re-arrest of Pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) Kars deputy and Spokesperson Ayhan Bilgen, who was released on September 8...
Turkish court releases coup suspect general on probation
An Antalya court on Wednesday ruled for the release of former Antalya 3rd Infantry Training Brigade Commander Brig. Gen. Mustafa Kaya, who has been...
Strip search of women in Turkey used for humiliation, witness testimonies show
The testimony of an increasing number of women detained on terrorism charges shows that Turkish security forces use strip searches unlawfully and systematically in...
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...