Turkey-Bosnia security agreement raises concerns on rights and freedoms: report
Turkey and Bosnia have entered into a security cooperation agreement that includes operational intelligence sharing, training and equipment donation, prompting concern that Turkey may...
HRW, Norwegian NGO urge Turkey not to return Tajik dissidents
Human Rights Watch and the Norwegian Helsinki Committee on Tuesday released a statement expressing concern over the recent disappearance of several people linked to...
Turkish businessman arrested in Brazil, faces extradition to Turkey over Gulen links
Turkish-Brazilian dual national Mustafa Göktepe was arrested in São Paulo on Wednesday following an extradition request from the Turkish government over his links to...
Kenya releases Turkish refugee arrested at Turkey’s request
A Turkish refugee in Kenya who was arrested due to a request from Ankara and later kept in custody by court order was released...
Turkish teacher Çabuk arrested by Georgian court upon Turkish government’s request
Mustafa Emre Çabuk, a Turkish teacher with a valid Georgian residence permit, was sent to prison by a Tbilisi court hours after he was detained...
Prestigious Foreign Affairs journal covers Turkish gov’t’s witch hunt on global sphere
Turkish government has used its international clout to pursue exiles, dissidents, and regular citizens abroad and have Turkish citizens arrested in or deported from...
Turkish gov’t targets 4,167 Turkish teachers in 160 countries over Gülen links
The Turkish government has targeted 4,167 teachers who work at 400 schools in 160 countries around the world as part of its post-coup global...
Abducted by Turkish intelligence in Baku, Gülenist teacher put in pre-trial detention in Ankara:...
Mehmet Gelen, a Turkish teacher who was reportedly abducted in Baku early on Saturday morning, turns out to have been forcibly returned to...
Turkish diplomats profiled Erdoğan critics in Turkmenistan
Turkish diplomatic mission in Turkmenistan engaged in a campaign of intelligence gathering and collected information on the activities of critics of Turkish President Recep...
Activists protest in Sweden for missing educator
Dozens of human rights activists gathered on Sunday in the southern Swedish city of Malmö to protest Ankara’s apparent sanctioning of enforced disappearances and...
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...